Git open default git editor instead of VIM or any other editor (Git Rebase)

Question

I recently installed Vim. Now, when I rebase my branch in interactive mode, Git automatically opens Vim.

However, I do not want to open Vim in interactive mode; instead, I want to open default Git interactive mode editor. How can I set the default interactive editor used by Git?

that question explain how to set editor but my question is how to set default editor, also which one is git default editor. So i think not a duplicate. Let me inform if this duplicate then I delete? — Jaykumar Patel, Feb 23 '15 at 09:05
Please clarify what you mean by "default editor". It likely depends on which OS you're using. — jub0bs, Feb 23 '15 at 09:06
Actually I am use ubuntu, and I don't know which one is default git editor in ubuntu. — Jaykumar Patel, Feb 23 '15 at 09:07

score 39 · Accepted Answer · edited May 09 '22 at 19:06

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I think what you want is to use nano (which is the default text editor on Ubuntu), you can set that up by:

git config --global core.editor "nano"

or

git config --global core.editor "vim"

edited May 09 '22 at 19:06

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answered Feb 23 '15 at 09:01

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"nano" is default editor, now i know thanks a lot. – Jaykumar Patel Feb 23 '15 at 09:03
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I want to get back to Vim, so thanks also – bformet Dec 19 '19 at 15:06

Git open default git editor instead of VIM or any other editor (Git Rebase)

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