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

Kenneth P. Turvey kt-usenet at squeakydolphin.com
Sat Apr 8 04:43:51 UTC 2006


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On Thu, 06 Apr 2006 12:03:24 +0200, Vincent Trouilliez wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I am using subversion/svn. Under Breezy, when I do a "svn commit", it
> would start the "nano" text editor for me to type the change log. But now
> I am on Dapper, and this time it uses "vi" instead of nano.

This is a subversion configuration option.  If you look in the directory
~/.subversion you'll find a file called config.  You need a line like
this:

editor-cmd = nano

You should have a sample line in there already.  

[Snip]

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