How can I use Visual Studio Code as the default editor for Git?
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...
View ArticleAnswer by SJMan for How can I use Visual Studio Code as the default editor...
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...
View ArticleAnswer by miqh for How can I use Visual Studio Code as the default editor for...
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 Şafak Gür for How can I use Visual Studio Code as the default...
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 Zidu for How can I use Visual Studio Code as the default editor for...
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 Frank Boucher for How can I use Visual Studio Code as the default...
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 Wasif Hossain for How can I use Visual Studio Code as the default...
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 rexcfnghk for How can I use Visual Studio Code as the default...
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 Mohammed for How can I use Visual Studio Code as the default editor...
Run this command in your Mac Terminal appgit config --global core.editor "/Applications/Visual\ Studio\ Code.app/Contents/Resources/app/bin/code"
View ArticleAnswer by LuisCarlos Rodriguez for How can I use Visual Studio Code as the...
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 IluxaKuk for How can I use Visual Studio Code as the default editor...
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 Victor Ma for How can I use Visual Studio Code as the default...
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 Ruslan Stelmachenko for How can I use Visual Studio Code as the...
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 VonC for How can I use Visual Studio Code as the default editor for...
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 JSG for How can I use Visual Studio Code as the default editor for...
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.
View ArticleAnswer by ztrat4dkyle for How can I use Visual Studio Code as the default...
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 Pham Nhut for How can I use Visual Studio Code as the default...
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 Igor Kurkov for How can I use Visual Studio Code as the default...
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 princehardwoodgum for How can I use Visual Studio Code as the...
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...
View ArticleAnswer by Oliver for How can I use Visual Studio Code as the default editor...
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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