Git Default/Core Editor - Nano

Question

Each time my cloud9 ec2 instance is booted up,  it changes my git core.editor to "nano". I want my git core.editor to be "vim".

I have tried to set it up by directly editing the ~/.gitconfig file and also issuing the command *git config --global core.editor "vim"*.  While that works temporarily, it reverts back to "nano" when the ec2 instance is rebooted either by me or by aws.

How do I permanently change my git core.editor to "vim" in Cloud9?

Accepted Answer

The .bashrc of the Linux user of Cloud9 contains a setting to force nano, so you can force vim by making the following changes.

```
$ vim ~/.bashrc

～omission (of middle part of a text)～

# modifications needed only in interactive mode
if [ "$PS1" != "" ]; then
    # Set default editor for git
    #git config --global core.editor nano                      ## <--- Comment out
    git config --global core.editor 'vim -c "set fenc=utf-8"'  ## <--- Add
```

Git Default/Core Editor - Nano

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