Git rebase and Vim editor [duplicate]

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I have learned a lot about git rebase and have now started using it in my windows 8 environment.Problem is that when I type command git rebase -i HEAD~3 it pops up a vim editor with couple of options like pick,squash etc Now I don't understand what to do in this editor since I do not know how to use Vim here.Please guide me how to do it.?

Answer 1

Just configure different editor. See How can I set up an editor to work with Git on Windows?.

The answer there is a bit longish; the most relevant command is

git config --global core.editor "'C:/Program Files/Notepad++/notepad++.exe' -multiInst -notabbar -nosession -noPlugin"

The editor command has to be in single quotes if it contains a space (as it usually does). The alternate workarounds are using DOS path (C:/PROGRA~1/Notepa~1/... or somesuch) or creating a wrapper script in some path that does not have spaces.

In either case, use forward slashes for path separator.

You don't want to use plain notepad though. At least notepad++ or such that can handle Unix newlines, encodings and such.