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POGit is not using the first editor in my $PATH
 

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    <p>I am using OS X 10.8, and I used brew to install a more recent version of emacs than the one shipped with OS X.</p> <p>The newer emacs binary is installed in <code>/usr/local/bin</code> (24.2.1), and the old "shipped-with-osx" one in <code>/usr/bin</code> (22.1.1).</p> <p>I updated my <code>$PATH</code> env variable by prepending <code>/usr/local/bin</code> to it. It works fine in my shell (ie. typing <code>emacs</code> runs the 24.2.1 version), but when git opens the editor, the emacs version is 22.1.1.</p> <p>Isn't git supposed to use <code>$PATH</code> to find the editor I want to use ?</p> <p>Additional informations:</p> <pre><code>$ type -a emacs emacs is /usr/local/bin/emacs emacs is /usr/bin/emacs emacs is /usr/local/bin/emacs $ env PATH=/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/usr/local/bin SHELL=/bin/zsh PAGER=most EDITOR=emacs -nw _=/usr/bin/env </code></pre> <p>Please note that I'd prefer not to set the absolute path of my editor directly in my git conf, as I use this conf across multiple systems.</p> <p><strong>EDIT</strong>: Here's an bit of my <code>.zshrc</code>:</p> <pre><code># Mac OS X if [ `uname` = "Darwin" ]; then # Brew binaries PATH="/usr/local/bin":"/usr/local/sbin":$PATH else # Everyone else (Linux) # snip fi </code></pre> <p>So, yes, I could add a line <code>export EDITOR='/usr/local/bin emacs -nw'</code> in the first <code>if</code>, but I'd like to understand why <code>git</code> is not using my <code>PATH</code> variable :)</p>
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    1. COYes, it should pick up the editor from the path. Where did you put this adjustment to your `PATH`? `.zshrc`? Maybe it needs to go in `.zshenv`. IIRC, `.zshrc` is only sourced in an interactive shell.
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    2. COWhat's the arguments and working path when git opens the editor? Maybe you should check your repository config file.
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    3. COPutting the `PATH` adjustment in `.zshenv` did not fix the problem, and emacs 22.1.1 is always used whatever command I use or the repo I am in (and I checked my per-repo configs, no trace of editor related configuration there).
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