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

I added this for my 64-bit machine with 32-bit Notepad++.

$ cd ~
$ vim .bash_profile

Add this to the file then save:

64-bit systems

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

32-bit systems

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

Now you should be able to open any file with notepad++ by entering

$ npp [file_name]