Copilot CLI: Permissions, Config, Trusted Folders, and Environment Variables/Choose the editor for prompt editing
Set the editor Copilot should use.
Section: Environment variables and common options
Choose the editor for prompt editing
bash
bash
export COPILOT_EDITOR="code --wait"Explanation
Checked after `$VISUAL` and `$EDITOR`, with `vi` as the fallback.
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