diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index b79fdfdb1f0a146110e40750baa14e8a5240f666..1eee9121b71493ece606a8b7f055536ce09f3fa3 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -14,6 +14,9 @@ cache:
 #(including PostGIS and toar_controlled_vocabulary),
 #database users and passwords have to be created)
 #activated via "git commit" (without arguments!)
+#trying to set my default vi editor for the commit
+#message (formerly done as command line option):
+#git config --global core.editor "vi"
 #test:
 #  stage: test
 #  tags: