What is the default editor for git on windows, and where is the executable?

Question

I just have the official git for windows 2.7.2 installed on my new windows. When I executed git commit on PowerShell without -m, I found the default editor is accidentally handy. So I would like to use it outside git, by adding it to the PATH environment variable, but I don't know its name.

I'm not sure if the editor is from any other environments, since it's a new win10 system I just installed PuTTY and MinGW.

I have checked git config --global core.editor and other git setting files but the editor entry is always empty.

Could anyone tell me how to use whatever that editor is outside git commit?

Answer 1

I believe it's Vim.

(It was on my PC)

Although, I suspect it's entirely dependent on your system.