Question

I want Git to use Vim. I’m not new to this, at least on Unix, where it’s really easy. But as with anything in DOS, it seems a pointless struggle. I think I’m probably missing something obvious.

So I did this:

>git config --global core.editor "\"c:\Program Files\Vim\vim71\gvim.exe\""

But this happens:

> C:\dev\qfnet\quickfix.net>git commit -a
"c:\Program Files\Vim\vim71\gvim.exe": c:\Program Files\Vim\vim71\gvim.exe: command not found
error: cannot run sh: No such file or directory
error: There was a problem with the editor '"c:\Program Files\Vim\vim71\gvim.exe"'.
Please supply the message using either -m or -F option.

I also tried setting the EDITOR variable, with similar results.

“sh” is in my path so I don’t know why it can’t find it. If I run “sh” from the prompt, it does start correctly, as far as I can tell. (What’s it trying to run “sh” for anyway?)

Thanks to anyone that can tell me what I’m missing.

Answer 1

Try this:

git config --global core.editor "'C:/Program Files/Vim/vim71/gvim.exe' --nofork '%*'"