How do I make Git use the editor of my choice for commits?

Question

I would prefer to write my commit messages in Vim, but it is opening them in Emacs.

How do I configure Git to always use Vim? Note that I want to do this globally,

Answer 1

In Windows 7, setting editor to Notepad++

• Open any text editor.
• Open this file: C:\Users\YOUR_USERNAME\.gitconfig
• Add this section to the bottom:

---

[core]
    editor = 'C:/Program Files (x86)/Notepad++/notepad++.exe' 

• Save and close the file.
• When you're committing with git, just write git commit and press Enter. It will pop open Notepad++.
• Write your commit message at the top of the file, and save and close the file. Done!