[vim/vim] Vim prints to stdout instead of /dev/tty when using `git commit` (Issue #19350)

[Nathaniel Potrepka]

potrepka created an issue (vim/vim#19350)

Steps to reproduce

I'm not sure all the steps required to reproduce the bug, but this is happening to me after I downloaded the Ghostty terminal.

Whenever I run git commit, and Vim opens, I cannot use the ESC key anymore. It just prints to the terminal.

Expected behaviour

I would expect the ESC key to work in Vim, not print text to the screen.

This script fixes the bug:

mkdir -p ~/.local/bin
cat > ~/.local/bin/vim-tty << 'EOF'
#!/bin/bash
vim "$@" > /dev/tty
EOF
chmod +x ~/.local/bin/vim-tty
git config --global core.editor ~/.local/bin/vim-tty

Version of Vim

9.1

Environment

macOS 15.7.3
xterm-ghostty
zsh

Logs and stack traces

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[Christian Brabandt]

chrisbra left a comment (vim/vim#19350)

I don't follow. What is the reason to redirect stdout to dev/tty?

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[Christian Brabandt]

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I am closing as invalid

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[Christian Brabandt]

Closed #19350 as not planned.

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