What I'm really seeking is not a make-shift solution for myself, but an intuitive solution for the novice user-base at large. On Thu, Oct 27, 2016 at 5:27 PM, Junio C Hamano <gitster@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > 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.