git rebase --editor=/something/other/than/vim? (for easier squashing)

Question

I happily use vim as my default editor for commits, and do not wish to change it. However, when it comes to rebasing, I find myself squashing dozens and dozens of commits which

Answer 1

There is an even better option for all your interactive rebase.

https://github.com/sjurba/rebase-editor

It is a custom CLI app written in node specifically for interactive rebase.

To install:

npm install -g rebase-editor
git config --global sequence.editor rebase-editor 

Or with yarn:

yarn global add rebase-editor
git config --global sequence.editor rebase-editor