bash: nano: command not found at Windows git bash

Question

I am using git version 2.7.0.windows.1 on a windows pc, I used the following command:

$ nano README

which results me:

bash: nan         


        

Answer 1

If anyone's still struggling with this, here's how I managed to get it working.

1. Download nano-git from https://www.nano-editor.org/dist/win32-support/
2. Move the exe to (for example) C:\Program Files\Git\bin. I renamed it to nano.exe.
3. Run nano in bash with winpty nano
4. Add the following to .gitconfig to make nano your default editor:

[core] editor = winpty C:/Program Files/Git/bin/nano.exe

There might be a more elegant solution, but this works for me.