How can I set up an editor to work with Git on Windows?

Question

I\'m trying out Git on Windows. I got to the point of trying \"git commit\" and I got this error:

Terminal is dumb but no VISUAL nor

Answer 1

Edit: After updating to Vim 7.3, I've come to the conclusion that the cleanest and easiest way to do this is:

1. Add Vim's main folder to your path (right click on My Computer → Properties → Advanced → Environment Variables)

2. Run this:

   git config --global core.editor "gvim --nofork '%*'"
   

If you do it this way, then I am fairly sure it will work with Cygwin as well.

Original answer:

Even with a couple of Vim-related answers, I was having trouble getting this to work with gVim under Windows (while not using a batch file or %EDITOR% or Cygwin).

What I eventually arrived at is nice and clean, and draws from a few of the solutions here:

git config --global core.editor \
"'C:/Program Files/Vim/vim72/gvim.exe' --nofork '%*'"

One gotcha that took me a while is these are not the Windows-style backslashes. They are normal forward slashes.