How can I use a text editor other than Vim with Git?

Question

I hate Vim, but it seems to be the only program that correctly saves the file and executes a rebase interactive. Is there any way to use a different editor. I'd prefer to use a GUI, like Text Wrangler, but I'd use something like Nano, if it would save the file right.

Answer 1

As described in the git docs:

Your Editor

You can configure the default text editor that will be used when Git needs you to type in a message. By default, Git uses your system’s default editor, which is generally Vi or Vim. If you want to use a different text editor, such as Emacs, you can do the following:

$ git config --global core.editor emacs

Of course since you are like me and want to use a simple text editor for commits and not a text editor that thinks it's an OS, you would use

$ git config --global core.editor nano

You can verify your settings with

$ git config --list

As for using Text Wrangler I am unfamiliar but the answer here seems to be just what youre looking for.

Answer 2

use something similar to this

git config --global core.editor "'<path to your editor>' <optional arguments like -w for wait if you use sublime text or textmate>"

I recommend you to read the man page of git-config first.