xargs with command that open editor leaves shell in weird state

Question

I tried to make an alias for committing several different git projects. I tried something like

cat projectPaths | \\
xargs -I project git --git-dir=project/.gi         


        

Answer 1

Interesting! I see the exact same behaviour on Mac as well, doing something as simple as:

ls *.h | xargs vim

Apparently, it is a problem with vim:

http://talideon.com/weblog/2007/03/xargs-vim.cfm