ruby-on-rails

Why does rails credentials file encrypt and save immediately despite the use of --wait flag?

I'm trying to edit the rails credentials file, like so.

EDITOR="subl --wait" bin/rails credentials:edit
# Editing config/credentials.yml.enc...
# File encrypted and saved.

The file loads in sublime, however it encrypts and saves immediately without giving me chance to edit the file. Why is this? What do I need to do to ensure I can edit and save the file?

I can confirm the sublime is in my path:

which subl
# /usr/local/bin/subl

** UPDATE **

I have discovered, setting the editor has no effect. The credentials open in sublime no matter:

# Each results in credentials opening in sublime
EDITOR="subl --wait" bin/rails credentials:edit
EDITOR="nano --wait" bin/rails credentials:edit
EDITOR="vim --wait" bin/rails credentials:edit
Solution

  • While you did not specify your rails version, based on your symptoms I am going to guess that you are using Rails 7.1 or greater, and also have an environment variable set for "VISUAL"

    This Commit. Added the following:

    def editor
  ENV["VISUAL"].to_s.empty? ? ENV["EDITOR"] : ENV["VISUAL"]
end

    For the stated reason of:

    Support VISUAL environment variable for commands which open an editor, and prefer it over EDITOR.

    Since your EDITOR variable is being ignored regardless of its contents I believe this is your issue.

    To test this theory you can either inspect your environment for the VISUAL variable (which seems to be set to subl) or try calling VISUAL="subl --wait" bin/rails credentials:edit and see if it works.