How to configure nvim as git editor? [closed]

Question

I'm having an issue with nvim as my git editor. I've specified nvim as the global core.editor, but I need to yank something everytime I'm making a commit. How should I properly specify nvim as the default commit message editor?

Basically, my workflow currently is to run

$ git commit
yy

Error I'm getting if not yanking anything:

hint: Waiting for your editor to close the file... error: There was a problem with the editor '/usr/bin/nvim'.
Please supply the message using either -m or -F option.

I write and close the commit message with :wq, if that has anything of use.

nvim version:

$ nvim --version
NVIM v0.9.5
Build type: Release
LuaJIT 2.1.1702233742

   system vimrc file: "$VIM/sysinit.vim"
  fall-back for $VIM: "/usr/share/nvim"

Run :checkhealth for more info

git version:

$ git --version
git version 2.44.0

Terminal:

rxvt-unicode (urxvt) v9.31 - released: 2023-01-02

Any help appreciated!

Answer 1

This issue can sometimes occur due to the way Neovim interacts with the terminal.

One workaround is to configure Neovim to run in a way that signals Git when the editing is complete. You can do this by setting the wait flag in the core.editor configuration. Here's how you can do it:

git config --global core.editor "nvim -f"

The -f flag tells Neovim to run in a "foreground" mode, which makes it wait until the file is closed before returning control to the terminal. This should allow Git to detect when the commit message editing is complete.