Git Lab FAQ
Git Commit Message Editor
If you're seeing something like command not
found, then we need to get the editor set up to run
from the command line. Issues with the commit message editor are
frustrating, but they end up being fairly easy fixes in the end.
- Pulsar
-
See the
Pulsar documentation.
git config --global core.editor "pulsar --wait"
- VS Code
- See VS Code as Git Editor and set up to be able to call the application from the command line.
Error When Trying to Commit
If you aborted a commit operation--often because the editor
wasn't what you expected, you may get an error that says something
like, "Found a swap file by the name ".COMMIT_EDITMSG.swp".
The message says what to do -- first, make sure that another
program isn't editing the file (like, you have a window somewhere
where you started to edit the file). If another window is open,
complete the commit there. Otherwise, you can try to recover and
edit the file. If all else fails, carefully delete the swap
file. (Note that the name of the file name starts with
a .