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 worked for me:

1. Add the directory which contains the editor's executable to your PATH variable. (E.g. "C:\Program Files\Sublime Text 3\")
2. Reboot your computer.
3. Change the core.editor global Git variable to the name of the editor executable without the extension '.exe' (e.g. git config --global core.editor sublime_text)

That's it!

NOTE: Sublime Text 3 is the editor I used for this example.