diff --git a/gitconfig b/gitconfig
index 83e7ee3..a777314 100644
--- a/gitconfig
+++ b/gitconfig
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@
 	excludesfile = /Users/sidharta/.gitignore
     whitespace = space-before-tabmtrailing-space
     autocrlf = input
+	editor = /usr/local/bin/vim
 
 [diff]
   tool = vimdiff