Hi Jim, I wanted to do a commit in git-gui using a message with 74 characters in a line. The commit-msg hook catched that, and opened $EDITOR.
However, as I committed from git-gui, there was no terminal, and git-gui hang. berny@blackice:~/git/coreutils> ps -f UID PID PPID C STIME TTY TIME CMD berny 7183 7181 0 07:59 pts/1 00:00:00 bash berny 7909 7183 0 08:07 pts/1 00:00:02 wish /usr/bin/gitk -- berny 7961 7909 0 08:08 pts/1 00:00:00 git gui berny 7962 7961 0 08:08 pts/1 00:00:02 wish /usr/lib/git/git-gui -- berny 7970 7962 0 08:08 pts/1 00:00:00 aspell --mode=none --encoding=utf-8 pipe berny 20015 7909 0 09:02 pts/1 00:00:00 git gui berny 20016 20015 0 09:02 pts/1 00:00:01 wish /usr/lib/git/git-gui -- berny 20025 20016 0 09:03 pts/1 00:00:00 aspell --mode=none --encoding=utf-8 pipe berny 20603 20016 0 09:11 pts/1 00:00:00 perl -w .git/hooks/commit-msg .git/GITGUI_EDITMSG berny 20605 20603 0 09:11 pts/1 00:00:00 vi .git/GITGUI_EDITMSG berny 21037 7183 0 09:17 pts/1 00:00:00 ps -f Is there an easy solution to avoid using vi when a tty is not available? Maybe the commit-msg should start a terminal, or just refuse the commit with a diagnostic. Have a nice day, Berny
