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

I needed to do both of the following to get Git to launch Notepad++ in Windows:

• Add the following to .gitconfig:

  editor = 'C:/Program Files/Notepad++/notepad++.exe' -multiInst -notabbar -nosession -noPlugin
  

• Modify the shortcut to launch the Git Bash shell to run as administrator, and then use that to launch the Git Bash shell. I was guessing that the context menu entry "Git Bash here" was not launching Notepad++ with the required permissions.

After doing both of the above, it worked.