I hate Vim, but it seems to be the only program that correctly saves the file and executes a rebase interactive. Is there any way to use a different editor. I'd prefer to use a GUI, like Text Wrangler, but I'd use something like Nano, if it would save the file right.
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As described in the git docs:
Your Editor
You can configure the default text editor that will be used when Git needs you to type in a message. By default, Git uses your system’s default editor, which is generally Vi or Vim. If you want to use a different text editor, such as Emacs, you can do the following:
$ git config --global core.editor emacs
Of course since you are like me and want to use a simple text editor for commits and not a text editor that thinks it's an OS, you would use
$ git config --global core.editor nano
You can verify your settings with
$ git config --list
As for using Text Wrangler I am unfamiliar but the answer here seems to be just what youre looking for.
use something similar to this
git config --global core.editor "'<path to your editor>' <optional arguments like -w for wait if you use sublime text or textmate>"
I recommend you to read the man page of git-config first.
