"Subversion" : how to make it use nano instead of vi for commits ?

[Vincent Trouilliez]

On Thu, 2006-04-06 at 12:16 +0200, Dennis Kaarsemaker wrote:
> On do, 2006-04-06 at 12:03 +0200, Vincent Trouilliez wrote:
> 
> > I tried setting the "EDITOR" environnement variable, but it didn't do
> > the trick sadly, so I guess svn is not looking at this variable.
> 
> try sudo update-alternatives --config editor

Ah, I just figured it out.
The 300 page PDF user manual of Subversion eventually contained the
answer :-)
There is a ~/.subversion folder with a configuration file in it.
One of the options lets you specify your favorite text editor, works
perfectly :o)

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Vince