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copied!<p>Update 2010-2011:</p> <p><a href="https://stackoverflow.com/users/75129/zumalifeguard">zumalifeguard</a>'s <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1634161/how-do-i-use-notepad-or-other-with-msysgit/2486342#2486342">solution</a> (upvoted) is simpler than the original one, as it doesn't need anymore a shell wrapper script.</p> <p>As I explain in "<a href="https://stackoverflow.com/a/773973/6309">How can I set up an editor to work with Git on Windows?</a>", <strong>I prefer a wrapper, as it is easier to try and switch editors, or change the path of one editor, without having to register said change with a <code>git config</code> again</strong>.<br> But that is just me.</p> <hr> <p><em>Additional information</em>: the following solution works with <strong>Cygwin</strong>, while the zuamlifeguard's solution does not.</p> <hr> <p>Original answer.</p> <p>The following:</p> <pre class="lang-sh prettyprint-override"><code>C:\prog\git>git config --global core.editor C:/prog/git/npp.sh C:/prog/git/npp.sh: #!/bin/sh "c:/Program Files/Notepad++/notepad++.exe" -multiInst "$*" </code></pre> <p>does work. Those commands are interpreted as shell script, hence the idea to wrap any windows set of commands in a <code>sh</code> script.<br> (As <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/users/412549/franky">Franky</a> <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1634161/how-do-i-use-notepad-or-other-with-msysgit/1635493#comment51287812_1635493">comments</a>: "Remember to save your <code>.sh</code> file with Unix style line endings or receive mysterious error messages!")</p> <p>More details on the SO question <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/q/10564/6309">How can I set up an editor to work with Git on Windows?</a></p> <p>Note the '<code>-multiInst</code>' option, for ensuring a new instance of notepad++ for each call from Git.</p> <p>Note also that, if you are using Git on <strong>Cygwin</strong> (and want to <a href="https://superuser.com/questions/168971/use-notepad-from-cygwin-without-having-the-shell-wait-for-an-exit-code">use Notepad++ from Cygwin</a>), then <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/users/425715/scphantm">scphantm</a> explains in "<a href="https://stackoverflow.com/q/10209660/6309">using Notepad++ for Git inside Cygwin</a>" that you must be aware that:</p> <blockquote> <p><code>git</code> is passing it a <code>cygwin</code> path and <code>npp</code> doesn't know what to do with it</p> </blockquote> <p>So the script in that case would be:</p> <pre class="lang-sh prettyprint-override"><code>#!/bin/sh "C:/Program Files (x86)/Notepad++/notepad++.exe" -multiInst -notabbar -nosession -noPlugin "$(cygpath -w "$*")" </code></pre> <p>Multiple lines for readability:</p> <pre class="lang-sh prettyprint-override"><code>#!/bin/sh "C:/Program Files (x86)/Notepad++/notepad++.exe" -multiInst -notabbar \ -nosession -noPlugin "$(cygpath -w "$*")" </code></pre> <p>With <strong><code>"$(cygpath -w "$*")"</code></strong> being the important part here.</p> <p><a href="https://stackoverflow.com/users/1083704/val">Val</a> <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1634161/how-do-i-use-notepad-or-other-with-msysgit/1635493?noredirect=1#comment29027434_1635493">commented</a> (and then deleted) that you should not use <code>-notabbar</code> option:</p> <blockquote> <p>It makes no good to disable the tab during rebase, but makes a lot of harm to general Notepad usability since <code>-notab</code> becomes the default setting and you must <code>Settings>Preferences>General>TabBar> Hide>uncheck</code> every time you start notepad after rebase. This is hell. You recommended the hell.</p> </blockquote> <p>So use rather:</p> <pre class="lang-sh prettyprint-override"><code>#!/bin/sh "C:/Program Files (x86)/Notepad++/notepad++.exe" -multiInst -nosession -noPlugin "$(cygpath -w "$*")" </code></pre> <p>That is:</p> <pre class="lang-sh prettyprint-override"><code>#!/bin/sh "C:/Program Files (x86)/Notepad++/notepad++.exe" -multiInst -nosession \ -noPlugin "$(cygpath -w "$*")" </code></pre> <hr> <p>If you want to place the script '<code>npp.sh</code>' in a path with spaces (as in '<code>c:\program files\...</code>',), you have three options:</p> <ul> <li><p>Either try to quote the path (single or double quotes), as in:</p> <pre class="lang-sh prettyprint-override"><code>git config --global core.editor 'C:/program files/git/npp.sh' </code></pre></li> <li><p>or try the <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/a/892568/6309">shortname notation</a> (not fool-proofed):</p> <pre class="lang-sh prettyprint-override"><code>git config --global core.editor C:/progra~1/git/npp.sh </code></pre></li> <li><p>or (my favorite) place '<code>npp.sh</code>' in a directory part of your <code>%PATH%</code> environment variable. You would not have then to specify any path for the script.</p> <pre class="lang-sh prettyprint-override"><code>git config --global core.editor npp.sh </code></pre></li> <li><p><a href="https://stackoverflow.com/users/367796/steiny">Steiny</a> reports <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1634161/how-do-i-use-notepad-or-other-with-msysgit/1635493#comment48770355_1635493">in the comments</a> having to do:</p> <pre class="lang-sh prettyprint-override"><code>git config --global core.editor '"C:/Program Files (x86)/Git/scripts/npp.sh"' </code></pre></li> </ul>

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