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POV: You open vim for the first time.
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Does that count as you opening vim? Technically, it's
git
openingvi
because you haven't configured a standard text editor to use (done by setting theEDITOR
environment variable¹). Yes, it's unfortunate, but I feel you should blame whoever built yourgit
to usevi
as the editor of last resort.¹ Git checks the following places for an editor:
GIT_EDITOR
(environment variable),core.editor
(configuration setting),VISUAL
(environment variable),EDITOR
(environment variable), and then a compiled-in default if none of the above are set.