Git Change Default Commit Editor

The default git commit editor is vi, but vim can give you colorful editor and better UTF-8 encoding support,so I suggest you change git default commit editor from vi to vim


this is git commit editor in vi

this is git commit editor in vim

you can using command line to change it

$ git config --global core.editor "vim" 

or modify your global git config file

$ vim ~/.gitconfig

add editor = vim in [core] block

[core]
    editor = vim