How to set VS Code as editor?

To set Visual Studio Code (VS Code) as your default editor for Git, you can use the following command in your terminal:

git config --global core.editor "code --wait"

Explanation

• code: This is the command to launch Visual Studio Code from the terminal.
• --wait: This option tells Git to wait until you close the VS Code window before proceeding with the Git operation. This is important for operations like committing, where Git needs to know when you're done editing the commit message.

Verifying the Change

To confirm that VS Code has been set as your default editor, you can check the configuration with:

git config --global core.editor

This should return code --wait, indicating that the change was successful.

Additional Tip

Make sure that the code command is available in your terminal. If it’s not recognized, you may need to install the command line tools for VS Code. You can do this by opening VS Code, then navigating to View > Command Palette, and typing Shell Command: Install 'code' command in PATH.

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