Write commit messages using a Zed buffer

[gggritso]

The commit message editor is a special text input area. This works fine, but I wish I could compose my git commit messages using a proper Zed buffer. That way I could use my vim bindings, get syntax highlighting, line wrapping, etc.

There are related discussions, like #26945 but I think using a buffer for commits is broader, though it covers the same problem areas.

[SomeoneToIgnore]

Zed can be configured as a git commit editor via .gitconfig, as

[core]
editor = zed --wait

is there anything else missing for this to be the answer?

[gggritso]

Ah yeah I see what you mean, but I want to use Zed's "git: commit" command from the UI, rather than using git commands in the terminal. I still want to invoke git from inside Zed, but I also want to edit the commit message using the full power of Zed's normal code editor

[AlexDaniel]

Wow, this is exactly what I needed, thanks! I didn't think you could use zed -w for that. Yeah, that solves it, but of course it would be nice if git: commit did the same.

[Kaylebor]

To add to this: I've found that, if I want to write a bullet list within a commit message, Zed insists on writing the full bullet list on a single line with each keypress. So this:

 - Line 1
 - Partial line

Becomes this as soon as I write anything in line 2 (note that the spaces to the left of the dash also disappear):

- Line 1 - Partial line 2

Changing the commit input to a Zed buffer would probably fix that too.

It's specially noticeable because sometimes the AI assistant writes properly formatted bullet lists in the commit messages, but on trying to edit them, the formatting becomes completely broken.

[dimitrysh]

+1
Also noticed this, it messes "pretty" commit messages in history (might be important imo).

[seeni-dev]

I have experienced the same. #27508 (comment)