How to use Visual Studio Code as the default editor for Git MergeTool

Question

Today I was trying to use the git mergetool on the Windows command prompt and realized that it was defaulting to use Vim, which is cool, but I\'d prefe

Answer 1

I had to replace the double quotes with simple quotes:

  git config --global difftool.vscode.cmd 'code --wait --diff $LOCAL $REMOTE'

for it to work properly (with double quotes, $LOCAL and $REMOTE are replaced by their values).

This is needed if you are using Git Bash for Windows instead of Windows Command Prompt.