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