How do I use Notepad or other with msysgit

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How do I use Notepad    or any other editor besides vim  with msysgit   I tried all of the following to no avail   git config --global core editor C  Program Files Notepad   notepad   exe  git config --global core editor  C  Program Files Notepad   notepad   exe   git config --global core editor C  Program Files Notepad   notepad   exe  git config --global core editor C   Program Files  Notepad    notepad   exe

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I am using Windows 10 and notepad    and I was getting this error message   line 0  syntax error near unexpected token     git windows   So I make the setup in this way   git config --global core editor  C  Program  Files    x86   Notepad   notepad   exe    and it works

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git config core editor    C  Program Files  x86  Notepad   notepad   exe

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UPDATE 2015  If you unpack install Notepad   into c  utils npp  and rename notepad   exe to npp exe for simplicity  then all you have to do is  git config --global core editor c  utils npp npp exe   No wrapper scripts or other trickery  No need to have Notepad   in PATH

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As of Git for Windows v2 15 0  October 30th 2017  it is now possible to configure nano or Notepad   as Git s default editor instead of vim   During the installation you ll see the following screen

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This works for me  git config --global core editor C  Progra 1 Notepad   notepad   exe

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I use the approach with PATH variable  Path to Notepad   is added to system s PATH variable and then core editor is set like following   git config --global core editor notepad     Also  you may add some additional parameters for Notepad     git config --global core editor  notepad   exe -multiInst     as I detailed in  Git core editor for Windows    And here you can find some options you may use when stating Notepad   Command Line Options

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I used starikovs  solution  I started with a bash window and gave the commands  cd   touch  bashrc   Then I found the  bashrc file in windows explorer  opened it with notepad   and added  PATH  PATH  C  Program Files  x86  Notepad      so that bash knows where to find Notepad     Having Notepad   in the bash PATH is a useful thing on its own   Then I pasted his line  git config --global core editor  notepad   exe -multiInst    into a bash window  I started a new bash window for a git repository to test things with the command  git rebase -i HEAD 10   and the file opened in Notepad   as hoped

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Update 2010-2011   zumalifeguard s solution  upvoted  is simpler than the original one  as it doesn t need anymore a shell wrapper script   As I explain in  How can I set up an editor to work with Git on Windows    I prefer a wrapper  as it is easier to try and switch editors  or change the path of one editor  without having to register said change with a git config again  But that is just me     Additional information  the following solution works with Cygwin  while the zuamlifeguard s solution does not       Original answer   The following   C  prog git gt git config --global core editor C  prog git npp sh  C  prog git npp sh     bin sh  c  Program Files Notepad   notepad   exe  -multiInst        does work  Those commands are interpreted as shell script  hence the idea to wrap any windows set of commands in a sh script   As Franky comments   Remember to save your  sh file with Unix style line endings or receive mysterious error messages     More details on the SO question How can I set up an editor to work with Git on Windows   Note the  -multiInst  option  for ensuring a new instance of notepad   for each call from Git   Note also that  if you are using Git on Cygwin  and want to use Notepad   from Cygwin   then scphantm explains in  using Notepad   for Git inside Cygwin  that you must be aware that      git is passing it a cygwin path and npp doesn t know what to do with it   So the script in that case would be      bin sh  C  Program Files  x86  Notepad   notepad   exe  -multiInst -notabbar -nosession -noPlugin    cygpath -w          Multiple lines for readability      bin sh  C  Program Files  x86  Notepad   notepad   exe  -multiInst -notabbar     -nosession -noPlugin    cygpath -w          With    cygpath -w        being the important part here   Val commented  and then deleted  that you should not use -notabbar option      It makes no good to disable the tab during rebase  but makes a lot of harm to general Notepad usability since -notab becomes the default setting and you must Settings gt Preferences gt General gt TabBar gt  Hide gt uncheck every time you start notepad after rebase  This is hell  You recommended the hell    So use rather      bin sh  C  Program Files  x86  Notepad   notepad   exe  -multiInst -nosession -noPlugin    cygpath -w          That is      bin sh  C  Program Files  x86  Notepad   notepad   exe  -multiInst -nosession     -noPlugin    cygpath -w            If you want to place the script  npp sh  in a path with spaces  as in  c  program files         you have three options    Either try to quote the path  single or double quotes   as in   git config --global core editor  C  program files git npp sh   or try the shortname notation  not fool-proofed    git config --global core editor C  progra 1 git npp sh  or  my favorite  place  npp sh  in a directory part of your  PATH  environment variable  You would not have then to specify any path for the script   git config --global core editor npp sh  Steiny reports in the comments having to do   git config --global core editor   C  Program Files  x86  Git scripts npp sh

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Here is a solution with Cygwin      bin dash -e if     1    then k   cygpath -w   1   elif           0   then k  fi Notepad2   k   k      If no path  pass no path If path is empty  pass empty path If path is not empty  convert to Windows format    Then I set these variables   export EDITOR notepad2 sh export GIT EDITOR  dash  usr local bin notepad2 sh     EDITOR allows script to work with Git GIT EDITOR allows script to work with Hub commands   Source

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git config --global core editor   C  Program Files Notepad   notepad   exe  -multiInst -notabbar -nosession -noPlugin    Or  for 64-bit Windows and a 32-bit install of Notepad     git config --global core editor   C  Program Files  x86  Notepad   notepad   exe  -multiInst -notabbar -nosession -noPlugin    Or  the following can be issued on the command line on either 32-bit or 64-bit Windows   It will pull the location of notepad   exe from the registry and configure git to use it automatically   FOR  F  usebackq tokens 2    A IN   REG QUERY  HKEY LOCAL MACHINE Software Microsoft Windows CurrentVersion App Paths notepad   exe   ve   DO git config --global core editor    B  -multiInst -notabbar -nosession -noPlugin    If you wish to place the above from a  BAT or  CMD file  you must replace  A with   A and  B with   B

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Follow these instructions    First make sure you have notepad   installed on your system and that it is the default programme to open  txt files  Then Install gitpad on your system  Note the last I checked the download link was broken  so download it from here as explained    Then while committing you should see your favorite text editor popping up

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