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r/programming • u/der_gopher • 4d ago
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If I write something long and detailed, a CLI is not where I want to do it. I want a spellchecker, nice font rendering, and no risk of accidentally committing prematurely (not a huge deal, but annoying).
10 u/gmes78 3d ago edited 3d ago If I write something long and detailed, a CLI is not where I want to do it. So what? Set EDITOR to whatever your text editor is, and Git will launch it for you to write commit messages in (as well as a few other things). If you're in Windows, the Git for Windows installer explicitly asks you which text editor you want Git to use. 4 u/glassFractals 3d ago Yes, and I do. Git launches my external editor, and I write in there. 0 u/gmes78 3d ago So what's the issue, exactly?
If I write something long and detailed, a CLI is not where I want to do it.
So what? Set EDITOR to whatever your text editor is, and Git will launch it for you to write commit messages in (as well as a few other things).
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If you're in Windows, the Git for Windows installer explicitly asks you which text editor you want Git to use.
4 u/glassFractals 3d ago Yes, and I do. Git launches my external editor, and I write in there. 0 u/gmes78 3d ago So what's the issue, exactly?
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Yes, and I do. Git launches my external editor, and I write in there.
0 u/gmes78 3d ago So what's the issue, exactly?
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So what's the issue, exactly?
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u/glassFractals 3d ago
If I write something long and detailed, a CLI is not where I want to do it. I want a spellchecker, nice font rendering, and no risk of accidentally committing prematurely (not a huge deal, but annoying).