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Associating text editors with Git
Use a text editor to open and edit your files with Git.
In this article
- Using Atom as your editor
- Using Sublime Text as your editor
- Using TextMate as your editor
- Using Atom as your editor
- Using Sublime Text as your editor
- Using Notepad++ as your editor
- Using Atom as your editor
- Using Sublime Text as your editor
Using Atom as your editor
You can set your default editor in Git to use Atom if you have installed the editor.
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Install Atom.
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Open TerminalTerminalGit Bash.
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Type this command:
$ git config --global core.editor "atom --wait"
Using Sublime Text as your editor
You can set your default editor in Git to use Sublime Text 3.
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Open TerminalTerminalGit Bash.
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Type this command:
$ git config --global core.editor "subl -n -w"
Using TextMate as your editor
You can set your default editor in Git to use Textmate if you have installed the mate command.
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Open TerminalTerminalGit Bash.
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Type this command:
$ git config --global core.editor "mate -w"
Using Atom as your editor
You can set your default editor in Git to use Atom if you have installed the editor.
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Install Atom.
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Open TerminalTerminalGit Bash.
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Type this command:
$ git config --global core.editor "atom --wait"
Using Sublime Text as your editor
You can set your default editor in Git to use Sublime Text 3.
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Open TerminalTerminalGit Bash.
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Type this command:
$ git config --global core.editor "'C:/Program Files (x86)/sublime text 3/subl.exe' -w"
Using Notepad++ as your editor
You can set your default editor in Git to use Notepad++ if you have installed the editor.
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Install Notepad++.
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Open TerminalTerminalGit Bash.
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Type this command:
$ git config --global core.editor "'C:/Program Files (x86)/Notepad++/notepad++.exe' -multiInst -notabbar -nosession -noPlugin"
Using Atom as your editor
You can set your default editor in Git to use Atom if you have installed the editor.
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Install Atom.
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Open TerminalTerminalGit Bash.
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Type this command:
$ git config --global core.editor "atom --wait"
Using Sublime Text as your editor
You can set your default editor in Git to use Sublime Text 3.
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Open TerminalTerminalGit Bash.
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Type this command:
$ git config --global core.editor "subl -n -w"