Hi, On Sun, 24 May 2009, Mark Polesky wrote:
> > And how do I exit the EDIT_COMMITMSG window? I've included an image > > showing the window. If I click on the X button, the whole git bash > > shell closes along with it. That can't be right. It's starting vi. > Okay, this one I figured out. It says here > http://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/git-commit.html#_environment_and_configuration_variables > > The editor used to edit the commit log message will be chosen from the > GIT_EDITOR environment variable, the core.editor configuration variable, > the VISUAL environment variable, or the EDITOR environment variable (in > that order). > > So I right-clicked on the Desktop "My Computer" icon --> > Properties --> Advanced --> Environment Variables --> User > variables --> New --> > > Variable Name: GIT_EDITOR > Variable Value: <path to my preferred editor> > > So now, > > $ git commit -a > > opens my preferred editor. Maybe the easier method is to configure it using $ git config core.editor <path to your favorite editor> Ciao, Dscho _______________________________________________ lilypond-devel mailing list lilypond-devel@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-devel
