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Version Control with Git
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Ep. 2 Setting up Git - Core Editor Configurations #743

Open torwhite opened 4 years ago

torwhite commented 4 years ago

It's not obvious that changing the default editor only applies for commit messages without -m flag. It's mentioned later in episode 4 that commits without the -m flag will open the default text editor (and learners are directed back to ep. 2 to do changes). However, as this isn't elaborated on in ep. 2 learners have no context for what this default changes. Either move the default editor options from ep. 2 to ep. 4 (preferred - less jumping around in the lesson) or give a little more explanation in ep. 2 as to what that configuration changes (without overwhelming learners).

kekoziar commented 3 years ago

Related to https://github.com/swcarpentry/git-novice/pull/587, which might provide a solution.