Answer by Oliver for How to use Visual Studio Code as default editor for git?
Just another way to use Visual Studio Code as editor for Git if you can´t change your Git configuration or if you have to set EDITOR to another editor for some reason.export GIT_EDITOR="code --wait"
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I'm adding an answer because all the others were not succinct enough for my liking/did not fit my exact situation. I'm running a MacBook Air 2021 with an M1 chipTo make VS Code you default git editor...
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In 2022 on Windows 10 you should have next path:git config --global core.editor "'C:\Users\<your username here>\AppData\Local\Programs\Microsoft VS Code\code.exe' -w"
View ArticleAnswer by Pham Nhut for How to use Visual Studio Code as default editor for git?
I added git bash in vscode terminal as defaultIf you are lazy like me. Then I advise you to do the same as me.Step1: Open setting: Ctrl + ,Step2: search .json --> choose file setting.jsonStep3:...
View ArticleAnswer by ztrat4dkyle for How to use Visual Studio Code as default editor for...
what command line options would be required in the .gitconfig file to make this happen?I had to add this to my .gitconfig file for git-lense to work:[core] # Make sure that interactive rebases open...
View ArticleAnswer by JSG for How to use Visual Studio Code as default editor for git?
git config --global core.editor "code --wait"orgit config --global core.editor "code -w"verify with:git config --global -eYour configuration will open in Visual Studio Code.
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Answer by VonC for How to use Visual Studio Code as default editor for git?
In addition of export EDITOR="code --wait", note that, with VSCode v1.47 (June 2020), those diff editors will survice a VSCode reload/restart.See issue 99290:with commit 1428d44, diff editors now have...
View ArticleAnswer by Ruslan Stelmachenko for How to use Visual Studio Code as default...
Another useful option is to set EDITOR and VISUAL environment variables. These environment variables are used by many applications and utilities to know what editor to use. Git also uses one of them...
View ArticleAnswer by Victor Ma for How to use Visual Studio Code as default editor for git?
Just want to add these back slashes to previous answers, I am on Windows 10 CMD, and it doesn't work without back slashes before the spaces. git config --global core.editor...
View ArticleAnswer by IluxaKuk for How to use Visual Studio Code as default editor for git?
You need to use command: git config --global core.editor "'C:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\code.exe' -n -w"Make sure you can start your editor from Git BashIf you want to use Code.exe with short...
View ArticleAnswer by LuisCarlos Rodriguez for How to use Visual Studio Code as default...
on windows 10 using the 64bit insiders edition the command should be:git config --global core.editor "'C:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code Insiders\bin\code-insiders.cmd'"you can also rename the...
View ArticleAnswer by Mohammed for How to use Visual Studio Code as default editor for git?
Run this command in your Mac Terminal appgit config --global core.editor "/Applications/Visual\ Studio\ Code.app/Contents/Resources/app/bin/code"
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Answer by rexcfnghk for How to use Visual Studio Code as default editor for git?
In the most recent release (v1.0, released in March 2016), you are now able to use VS Code as the default git commit/diff tool. Quoted from the documentations:Make sure you can run code --help from the...
View ArticleAnswer by Wasif Hossain for How to use Visual Studio Code as default editor...
Good news! At the time of writing, this feature has already been implemented in the 0.10.12-insiders release and carried out through 0.10.14-insiders. Hence we are going to have it in the upcoming...
View ArticleAnswer by Frank Boucher for How to use Visual Studio Code as default editor...
For what I understand, VSCode is not in AppData anymore.So Set the default git editor by executing that command in a command prompt window:git config --global core.editor "'C:\Program Files...
View ArticleAnswer by Zidu for How to use Visual Studio Code as default editor for git?
I set up Visual Studio Code as a default to open .txt file. And next I did use simple command: git config --global core.editor "'C:\Users\UserName\AppData\Local\Code\app-0.7.10\Code.exe\'". And...
View ArticleAnswer by Şafak Gür for How to use Visual Studio Code as default editor for git?
GitPad sets your current text editor as the default editor for Git.My default editor for .txt files in Windows 10 is Visual Studio Code and running GitPad once made it the default editor for Git. I...
View ArticleAnswer by miqh for How to use Visual Studio Code as default editor for git?
I opened up my .gitconfig and amended it with:[core] editor = 'C:/Users/miqid/AppData/Local/Code/app-0.1.0/Code.exe'That did it for me (I'm on Windows 8).However, I noticed that after I tried an...
View ArticleAnswer by SJMan for How to use Visual Studio Code as default editor for git?
Im not sure you can do this, however you can try these additions in your gitconfig file. Try to replace the kdiff3 from these values to point to visual studio code executable. [merge] tool = kdiff3...
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When using git at the command line, I am wondering if it is possible to use Visual Studio Code as the default editor, i.e. when creating commit comments and looking at a diff of a file from the command...
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