Associating text editors with Git Use a text editor to open and edit your files with Git.
Using Visual Studio Code as your editor
Install Visual Studio Code (VS Code). For more information, see "Setting up VS Code " in the VS Code documentation.
Abra Terminal Terminal Git Bash .
Type this command:
$ git config --global core.editor "code --wait"
Using Sublime Text as your editor
Install Sublime Text . For more information, see "Installation " in the Sublime Text documentation.
Abra Terminal Terminal Git Bash .
Type this command:
$ git config --global core.editor "subl -n -w"
Using TextMate as your editor
Install TextMate .
Install TextMate's mate
shell utility. For more information, see "mate
and rmate
" in the TextMate documentation.
Abra Terminal Terminal Git Bash .
Type this command:
$ git config --global core.editor "mate -w"
Using Visual Studio Code as your editor
Install Visual Studio Code (VS Code). For more information, see "Setting up VS Code " in the VS Code documentation.
Abra Terminal Terminal Git Bash .
Type this command:
$ git config --global core.editor "code --wait"
Using Sublime Text as your editor
Install Sublime Text . For more information, see "Installation " in the Sublime Text documentation.
Abra Terminal Terminal Git Bash .
Type this command:
$ git config --global core.editor "'C:/Program Files (x86)/sublime text 3/subl.exe' -w"
Using Notepad++ as your editor
Install Notepad++ from https://notepad-plus-plus.org/ . For more information, see "Getting started " in the Notepad++ documentation.
Abra Terminal Terminal Git Bash .
Type this command:
$ git config --global core.editor "'C:/Program Files (x86)/Notepad++/notepad++.exe' -multiInst -notabbar -nosession -noPlugin"
Using Visual Studio Code as your editor
Install Visual Studio Code (VS Code). For more information, see "Setting up VS Code " in the VS Code documentation.
Abra Terminal Terminal Git Bash .
Type this command:
$ git config --global core.editor "code --wait"
Using Sublime Text as your editor
Install Sublime Text . For more information, see "Installation " in the Sublime Text documentation.
Abra Terminal Terminal Git Bash .
Type this command:
$ git config --global core.editor "subl -n -w"