GIT_EDITOR not working with macvim

Question

This is what I have in my ~/.bashrc

export GIT_EDITOR=\'/Applications/MacVim.app/Contents/MacOS/Vim -g \'

When I issue

git comm         


        

Answer 1

I had a similar problem. Adding the --noplungin flag to vim solved it for me.

Answer 2

This worked great for me.
git config --global core.editor 'mvim -f --nomru -c "au VimLeave * !open -a iTerm"'
If you are using Terminal.app instead of iTerm.app you can just switch it out. Source: https://github.com/b4winckler/macvim/wiki/FAQ (though they are using the EDITOR env variable instead of the gitconfig)

Answer 3

I had the same problem. I fixed it by setting mvim as the default editor for git by running the following from the command line:

git config --global core.editor "mvim -f"

Answer 4

You need to supply the -f option to vim to ensure that it doesn't background itself.