Re: ack! trying to run svn mkdir opens vim or something

Toby Johnson wrote:
> Josh Howe wrote:
>
>> Hi again,
>>
>> I’m not just new to subversion, I’m also new to linux. I’ trying to
>> run svn mkdir to create a tags directory. When I run “svn mkdir
>> file:///var/repository/proj1/tags </var/repository/proj1/tags>” from a
>> shell it opens up some crazy vim program with some commit.tmp file
>> open or something. What is going on? Thanks.
>>
> And by the way, if you're going to be using Linux much, you'd better get
> used to "that crazy vim program". :)
>

vim (thank goodness) isn't the only editor available on Linux :-)

But to answer the first question. svn has popped up an editor so that
you can supply the comment/note that goes with the operation you are
performing. There is a way of telling svn which editor to use. Just
look in the documentation to find out how.

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