You may run into an error when trying to commit, such as the following:
svn: Could not use external editor to fetch log message; consider setting the $SVN_EDITOR environment variable or using the --message (-m) or --file (-F) options svn: None of the environment variables SVN_EDITOR, VISUAL or EDITOR are set, and no 'editor-cmd' run-time configuration option was found
What in the world does that mean? Well, number one, it means that you ignored our advice and did not to include an -m
option with a description of your commit. Secondly, it means SVN did not know which editor to pop open for you in order to make you provide a description. You can either always include the -m
option with a description each time you make a commit, or you can set an environment variable that specifies which editor to use.
In Linux and Mac OS X systems, you can run the following commands on the command-line which will set the value of the
SVN_EDITOR
environment variable:
SVN_EDITOR=pico
export SVN_EDITOR...