How can I set up an editor to work with Git on Windows?

Question

I\'m trying out Git on Windows. I got to the point of trying \"git commit\" and I got this error:

Terminal is dumb but no VISUAL nor

Answer 1

For Atom you can do

git config --global core.editor "atom --wait"

and similar for Visual Studio Code

git config --global core.editor "code --wait"

which will open up an Atom or Visual Studio Code window for you to commit through,

or for Sublime Text:

git config --global core.editor "subl -n -w"