commit f8da67e8340977371b6ec3114502ae8baa5dee1f
from: Stefan Sperling <stsp@stsp.name>
via: Thomas Adam <thomas@xteddy.org>
date: Wed Mar 01 14:29:44 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 - a578d6ec6d3818f6a19379ef10e6def9dc71abb1
commit + f8da67e8340977371b6ec3114502ae8baa5dee1f
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 - 9d58d1d4f3c73ef9a8754f4cbf4e8532acff5a2a
blob + 55eb6fc3bb3a107437298c1dcb8035cfdaa747b5
--- got/got.c
+++ got/got.c
@@ -307,7 +307,7 @@ 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");
 	}