Index: Tools/scripts/mfh
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--- Tools/scripts/mfh
+++ Tools/scripts/mfh
@@ -124,7 +124,8 @@
     su -m $(id -un) || :
     ask "Do you want to commit now? (no = clean up and abort)" || clean
 )
-${EDITOR:-vi} commit.txt
+EDITOR=${EDITOR:-vi}
+${EDITOR} commit.txt
 "${svn}" ci -F commit.txt "${branch}"
 rm -rf "${dir}"
 trap - 0