Invoking notepad++ from Git Bash

Question

I am using msysgit in Windows 7. How do I invoke notepad++ from Git Bash, like we do it with our default notepad?

Like for example

name@usename notepad textfile.t

Answer 1

So, by default you won't have a .bashrc file so just navigate your to your home directory by typing:

cd ~

create or edit the .bashrc with vim (or whatever editor you are comfortable with):

vim .bashrc

Here is the line I had to add to mine (I am running a 64 bit OS so if you aren't don't copy this exactly)

alias notepad="/c/Program\ Files\ \(x86\)/Notepad++/notepad++.exe"

If your copy of windows is 32 bit then it should look like this

alias notepad="/c/Program\ Files/Notepad++/notepad++.exe"

Finally, close and reopen your terminal/bash (or, as noted, run source ~/.bashrc), and voila!