Unfortunately, in my case I'm on windows (my company's choice, not mine). On Thu, Oct 27, 2016 at 5:01 PM, Stefan Beller <sbeller@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Thu, Oct 27, 2016 at 2:55 PM, John Rood <mr.john.rood@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> Users should be able to configure Git to not send them into a Vim editor. > > See https://git-scm.com/docs/git-var > > GIT_EDITOR > > Text editor for use by Git commands. The value is meant to be interpreted > by the shell when it is used. Examples: ~/bin/vi, $SOME_ENVIRONMENT_VARIABLE, > "C:\Program Files\Vim\gvim.exe" --nofork. The order of preference is the > $GIT_EDITOR environment variable, then core.editor configuration, then > $VISUAL, then $EDITOR, and then the default chosen at compile time, > which is usually vi. > > > So maybe > > git config --global core.editor "nano" > > helps in your case?