From 08b926796cf582945e9814051c7cf9c9ae3f297d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jyo <nagajyothitammisetti@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 2 Apr 2026 23:10:19 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] Fix crash when vim editor is not found in PATH on Windows
 (#22423)

Co-authored-by: Tommaso Sciortino <sciortino@gmail.com>
---
 packages/core/src/utils/editor.ts | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/packages/core/src/utils/editor.ts b/packages/core/src/utils/editor.ts
index 29dc78fc49..dfec446433 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/utils/editor.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/utils/editor.ts
@@ -302,6 +302,10 @@ export async function openDiff(
 
   if (isTerminalEditor(editor)) {
     try {
+      if (!commandExists(diffCommand.command)) {
+        throw new Error(`Editor command not found: ${diffCommand.command}`);
+      }
+
       const result = spawnSync(diffCommand.command, diffCommand.args, {
         stdio: 'inherit',
       });