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sudo apt install git
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Git will open a text editor when running certain commands such as `git merge` or `git commit`. The default editor is [vim](https://www.vim.org/) which is rather difficult to use. If you don't plan to use vim, set the environment variable `EDITOR` to the name of your preferred editor by adding the following line at the end of your `\~/.bashrc` file:
Git will open a text editor when running certain commands such as `git merge` or `git commit`. The default editor is [vim](https://www.vim.org/) which is rather difficult to use. If you don't plan to use vim, set the environment variable `EDITOR` to the name of your preferred editor by adding the following line at the end of your `~/.bashrc` file:
```
export EDITOR=XXXX
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