commit 5a53ca9d31c0ec26e10887fb404d63242df55002
from: Stefan Sperling <stsp@stsp.name>
date: Mon Feb 27 08:16:11 2023 UTC

fall back to vi(1) instead of ed(1) if neither EDITOR nor VISUAL are set

ed users are reading files with their minds rather then their eyes, and
might therefore be missing important visual clues we write into files
before the user gets to edit them. Use of vi(1) ensures that such clues
will not be missed.

commit - 47cb6f8b62ed4ad39838a5d4702f593b23d3e7f2
commit + 5a53ca9d31c0ec26e10887fb404d63242df55002
blob - 06d9ba522ae0001bd8bb697df46c9c952023dd09
blob + 9cb98acdc62c43c067586b46563120f212d7a179
--- got/got.1
+++ got/got.1
@@ -3200,10 +3200,8 @@ The editor spawned by
 or
 .Cm got tag .
 If not set, the
-.Xr ed 1
-text editor will be spawned in order to give
-.Xr ed 1
-the attention it deserves.
+.Xr vi 1
+text editor will be spawned.
 .El
 .Sh FILES
 .Bl -tag -width packed-refs -compact
blob - 444d5de08500b51329793ef39b77c389e8f53995
blob + 12888ebef79dc5158a60dc84040568b2415f83d6
--- got/got.c
+++ got/got.c
@@ -308,7 +308,7 @@ get_editor(char **abspath)
 	}
 
 	if (*abspath == NULL) {
-		*abspath = strdup("/bin/ed");
+		*abspath = strdup("/usr/bin/vi");
 		if (*abspath == NULL)
 			return got_error_from_errno("strdup");
 	}