Technically there's nothing wrong with that, but it is a sign that you might be doing something wrong. If you make a commit, you should be spending some time thinking about what you are doing, what you want to write, and what files are affected.
Having an editor open gives you that time. Using -m on the other hand only discourages writing proper multiline messages when they are actually needed. When you already wrote a summary and notice you might want to add a few more lines, it's way easier if you already have an editor than if you just wrote the whole thing on the commandline and would have to delete it all then reproduce it in the editor.
I just feel we don't need to open
$EDITORevery time we want to commit something.Technically there's nothing wrong with that, but it is a sign that you might be doing something wrong. If you make a commit, you should be spending some time thinking about what you are doing, what you want to write, and what files are affected.
Having an editor open gives you that time. Using
-mon the other hand only discourages writing proper multiline messages when they are actually needed. When you already wrote a summary and notice you might want to add a few more lines, it's way easier if you already have an editor than if you just wrote the whole thing on the commandline and would have to delete it all then reproduce it in the editor.very true... I didn't think of it like that