MacOS – “git commit -a” causes “subl -w: subl: command not found”

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i am not sure what is causing this problem but i am having problems using git. It seems sublime is somehow interfering. Does perhaps anybody know how to solve this problem?

I am running OSX 10.9.3.

git version
git version 1.8.5.2 (Apple Git-48)

git commit -a
subl -w: subl: command not found
error: There was a problem with the editor 'subl -w'.
Please supply the message using either -m or -F option.

Best Answer

The issue is that git commit is trying to use an editor to allow you to create a commit message. The editor for git is possibly overridden in is set in your ~/.gitconfig file. There will be a [core] section which sets the editor

e.g. for Sublime Text

[core]
  ...
  editor = subl -w   
  ...

remove the editor line to make the default editor go back to the shell's default editor

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