Git is using Vim for Commit messages

I have just started using git and when I git commit it uses the VIM text editor to change write the commit message. Is this normal?

In the tutorials and examples I have read, nowhere has VI开发者_如何学运维M been used.

Is it because I'm using windows 7 64 bit edition?

If you did not set an editor via the $GIT_EDITOR environment variable, core.editor configuration variable, the $VISUAL or $EDITOR environment variables, it will use vi.

How can I set up an editor to work with Git on Windows?

It is normal and it has nothing to do with the flavour of windows that you are using.