How do I make Git use the editor of my choice for commits?

Question

I would prefer to write my commit messages in Vim, but it is opening them in Emacs.

How do I configure Git to always use Vim? Note that I want to do this globally,

Answer 1

For Windows, Neovim:

# .gitconfig

[core]
    editor='C:/tools/neovim/Neovim/bin/nvim-qt.exe'