How to make Git use the editor of choice for commits?

• • Set core.editor in your Git config: git config --global core.editor "vim"

Or you can do it like this :

• • Set the GIT_EDITOR environment variable: export GIT_EDITOR=vim

So if you are willing to set the editor for Git and also other programs, You can set the standardized VISUAL and EDITOR environment variables as shown below:

export VISUAL=vim
export EDITOR="$VISUAL"

Here you have to remember one thing that Setting both is not necessarily needed, but some programs may not use the more-correct VISUAL.

Also, there are some editors who require a --wait flag. Or they will open a blank page in the editor. Here is an example of that:

Sublime Text

export VISUAL="subl --wait"

VS Code

export VISUAL="code --wait"