How can I tell git which vim to use?

Question

When I edit a commit message with vim (by entering git commit), vim opens, but first with a prompt that the YouCompleteMe plugin is unavailable:

$ git commit
YouCompleteMe unavailable: requires Vim 7.3.584+
Press ENTER or type command to continue

When I check the version using :version after pressing ENTER, I see that vim 7.3 is running. However, if I start vim directly from the command line (not using git commit), I see that I'mrunning vim 7.3.754. How can I tell git to use the newer version of vim?

score 9 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 23 '13 at 16:31

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Use

git config --global core.editor /my/version/of/vim

answered Apr 23 '13 at 16:31

djechlin

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Excellent, thank you! FWIW, I only had to use "vim", not the full path, because I had previously created a symlink from there to /usr/local/bin/mvim as suggested in the installation instructions for YouCompleteMe: https://github.com/Valloric/YouCompleteMe – Travis Northcutt Apr 23 '13 at 16:41

score 2 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 20 '16 at 13:27

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This solved my issue.

git config --global core.editor `which vim`

answered Mar 20 '16 at 13:27

mainframer

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How can I tell git which vim to use?

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