Making Your Text Editor Work with Git on Windows

By default, git will dump you into the “vim” editor when you make a commit.

“vim” is a venerable old Unix tool that is generally difficult to use if you’re not already familiar with it.

So you are likely to want to use something else.

Fortunately, Git can be configured to use any editor you like.

Here are some options:

Sublime Text:

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/32282847/opening-sublime-text-from-windows-git-bash

Notepad++

https://danlimerick.wordpress.com/2011/06/12/git-for-windows-tip-setting-an-editor/