HOWTO Change the SVN Editor

Because I always forget…to change the text editor that svn uses with the commit messages, just type in this command (if you use bash):
export SVN_EDITOR=vi

*Substitute vi for your editor of choice.
**Personally, I once was a pico/nano fan, then I moved to emacs, and now I am a vi person.

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5 Responses to “HOWTO Change the SVN Editor”

  1. Ben says:

    Do you frequently need to include a lengthy message? I practically always simply use the -m option to specify a message on the command line.

  2. Javier says:

    Thanks, this was exactly what I was looking for.

  3. jasonmog says:

    ben it’s needed to resolve conflicts

  4. Joshua Pinter says:

    Thanks man. Worked great.

    J

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