Invoking notepad++ from Git Bash

Question

I am using msysgit in Windows 7. How do I invoke notepad++ from Git Bash, like we do it with our default notepad?

Like for example

name@usename notepad textfile.t

Answer 1

these are the faster ways to achieve the goal

start notepad++ 
start notepad++ 
alias np='start notepad++'
np 

tried and tested, just do it!