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I'm pretty sour on vim after being forced into it by `git commit` with no introduction or explanation.

• parliament32 6y ago
  Not git's fault, it uses your OS's EDITOR and VISUAL environmental vars (same thing you get when you run, for example, "crontab -e" and other utilities that want a visual editor).
  • recursive 6y ago
    Hm. I don't think I had such a variable prior to the installation of git. Edit: In fact, still don't. The git editor seems to be configured by some git config rather than environment variables.
    • raggi 6y ago
      The behavior is mostly congruent with other programs, for example less(1) probably also falls back to vi(1) on your system if you press v.
      • recursive 6y ago
        I should clarify, I'm using Windows, which normally doesn't have either of those, except for maybe cygwin or WSL.
      • takeda 6y ago
        TIL, had no idea about that `less` starts an editor on `v`.
• fomine3 6y ago
  Kind announce on Windows https://www.osstuff.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/install-git-in-windows-10-9-500x389.png https://www.osstuff.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/install-g...