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 working for me using Cygwin and TextPad 6 (EDIT: it is also working with TextPad 5 as long as you make the obvious change to the script), and presumably the model could be used for other editors as well:

File ~/.gitconfig:

[core]
    editor = ~/script/textpad.sh

File ~/script/textpad.sh:

#!/bin/bash

APP_PATH=`cygpath "c:/program files (x86)/textpad 6/textpad.exe"`
FILE_PATH=`cygpath -w $1`

"$APP_PATH" -m "$FILE_PATH"

This one-liner works as well:

File ~/script/textpad.sh (option 2):

"`cygpath "c:/program files (x86)/textpad 6/textpad.exe"`" -m "`cygpath -w $1`"