John Rood <mr.john.rood@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > I suppose I can do git config --global core.editor notepad > However, this really only addresses my second concern. > > My first concern is that using a text editor at all seems like > overkill in many scenarios. Nobody stops you from writing a "type whatever you want; I won't let you edit any mistakes as I am not even a text editor; just hit RETURN when you are done, as you can only write a single line" program and set it as your GIT_EDITOR. I do not know what would happen when you need "git commit --amend", though.