Hmm, yeah, I always felt that was weird as a default since most beginners probably don't know vi/vim. Now I have to wonder why the default doesn't just take inp

Hmm, yeah, I always felt that was weird as a default since most beginners probably don't know vi/vim. Now I have to wonder why the default doesn't just take input on stdin for the commit message. Well, I guess you lose the ability to edit previous lines so maybe that's it. I guess nano as a default would probably be reasonable.