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

This is my setup to use Geany as an editor for Git:

git config --global core.editor C:/path/to/geany.bat

with the following content in geany.bat:

#!/bin/sh
"C:\Program Files\Geany\bin\Geany.exe" --new-instance "$*"

It works in both a DOS console and msysgit.