Git-commit unable to open vim

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Recently I installed bash-it into my terminal. Now, when I try to execute git commit the terminal shows me this error:

/usr/bin/mate -w: /usr/bin/mate: No such file or directory error: cannot run /usr/bin/mate -w: No such file or directory error: There was a problem with the editor '/usr/bin/mate -w'. Please supply the message using either -m or -F option.

Before bash-it, the commit command correctly opened vim. Of course I've tried to change the core.editor in git to "vim" but it does not work anyway.

Could you please help me to solve this? I really like vim, it was super easy and fast...I don't want to use TextMate to edit the commit message.

PS: I'm using Mac OSX

Check your EDITOR or VISUAL environment variables. One of them probably points to /usr/bin/mate. — Paul
– Paul, Commented Nov 14, 2014 at 13:21
Thanks Paul, you were right, i had to enviroment variables that pointer to: # Set my editor and git editor export EDITOR="/usr/bin/mate" export GIT_EDITOR='/usr/bin/mate -v' I edited my .bash_profile and deleted those to, set vim: # Set my editor and git editor export EDITOR="/usr/bin/vim" export GIT_EDITOR='/usr/bin/vim' — imran3
– imran3, Commented Nov 14, 2014 at 13:37

abalos · Accepted Answer · 2014-11-14 13:23:34Z

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Try using the below command. Should be able to set your editor back to vi or vim. However, you might have to give the absolute path to vim.

git config --global core.editor vim

answered Nov 14, 2014 at 13:23

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imran3 Over a year ago

As i said, my core.editor was already set to vim, the problem was that i had to enviroment vars that pointed to /usr/bin/mate in my .bash_profile

J-Dizzle Over a year ago

For me this fixed the issue of when I tried to rebase a text file would be opened in my editor, I needed to use vim for renaming the commit messages and traverse the most recent few commits

Stevan Tosic · Accepted Answer · 2018-02-05 08:01:27Z

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As "abalos" answered,

git config --global core.editor vim

If you do not want to use vim or you do not have vim installed in some case, You can also use nano editor

git config --global core.editor nano

answered Feb 5, 2018 at 8:01

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Dmitri Zaitsev Over a year ago

I have set git config --global core.editor subl but still getting errors. ``` git commit fatal: cannot run subl: No such file or directory error: unable to start editor 'subl' Please supply the message using either -m or -F option. ```

Ken H · Accepted Answer · 2017-08-04 22:46:42Z

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If other answers don't work, try export GIT_EDITOR=vim

answered Aug 4, 2017 at 22:46

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Alexis Over a year ago

I have used it recently; and it works pretty well!

imran3 · Accepted Answer · 2014-11-14 13:44:27Z

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the problem was that i had two environment variables that pointed to /usr/bin/mate in my .bash_profile so i edit them to point to vim

answered Nov 14, 2014 at 13:44

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