you can add on your .gitconfig, or by command line git config --global core.editor "sublime3" for example i use emacs -nw so, git config --global core.editor "emacs -nw"

Use visual studio code instead. It's a whole lot easier. And all you've got to type is :

code filename.extension

or if you wanna open all of the files in the current folder

code .

And if you wanna open a specific foler in a folder:

code foldername

That's it. I like visual studio code more than sublime text. (Only my personal preference).

Nafis Fuad

I found none of the answers to work effectively. After spending three days coming the Interwebs, I stumbled across this from Stack overflow. Please feel free to review. Also, I am working on a Windows 7 Laptop, and this got me working in that environment.

here's a link to the original page on Stack Overflow:

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/2596805/how-do-i-make-git-use-the-editor-of-my-choice-for-commits/48212377#48212377

and here were the steps:

1. MAKE SURE SUBLIME IS INSTALLED UNDER C:\PROGRAM FILES

it is imperative that you place the program here while installing. The steps I will mentioned ONLY work when Sublime text 3 is installed there.

Here is a link to Sublime text 3: (https://www.sublimetext.com/3)

During installation, when asked where you would like to install, click "browse" and change the folder from "C:\Program Files (x86)" to "C:\Program Files" merely by selecting the "Program Files" folder and clicking on "Select Folder"

2. Create a Sublime Text project

we will be populating it with settings we want to use to edit git commit messages.

Open Sublime Text and go to "File" --> "New Window" to create a new anonymous project. Go to "Project" --> "Save Project As..." and choose a place to save it:

In Windows:

1. save it in your home directory, ex: "C:\Users\MY_USER_NAME\" for the location "gitconfig.sublime-project" for the file name. The end result looks like this: "C:\Users\YOUR_USER_NAME.gitconfig.sublime-project"

2. Now go to "Project" --> "Edit Project" to edit the project settings. Paste the following and "Ctrl+S" to save the settings:

{
    //For folder settings help see here: https://www.sublimetext.com/docs/3/projects.html 

    "folders":
    [

    ],

    "settings":
    {

        // Disables horizontal scrolling if enabled.
        // May be set to true, false, or "auto", where it will be disabled for
        // source code, and otherwise enabled.
        "word_wrap": false,

        // Set to a value other than 0 to force wrapping at that column rather than the
        // window width
        "wrap_width": 0,

        // Columns in which to display vertical rulers
        "rulers": [72, 50], //72 is recommended by git for commit message content, and 50 for commit titles

        // The number of spaces a tab is considered equal to
        "tab_size": 4,

        // Set to true to insert spaces when tab is pressed
        "translate_tabs_to_spaces": true,
    },

    "build_systems":
    [

    ]

}

Hit "Ctrl+S" to save, and close out of the Sublime Text editor project settings.

3. Set the editor to be used by git:

For Windows:

Open up a text editor (ex: Notepad, Notepad++, Sublime Text, Geany, etc), and create a file called ".bash_profile" in your home directory. Its path will be: "C:\Users\MY_USER_NAME.bash_profile"

Save the following into it:

alias subl="/c/Program\ Files/Sublime\ Text\ 3/subl.exe"

This creates a Git BASH alias called subl that we can now use in Git BASH for Windows, to easily open Sublime. This step is required for general Git BASH use.

Now you can call "subl" for instance, in Git BASH to open up a new Sublime Project in your current directory.

(MANDATORY):

Edit the .gitconfig file found in your home directory: "C:\Users\MY_USER_NAME.gitconfig" Using your script Editor of choice. Add the following to it:

" [core] editor = 'C:/Program Files/Sublime Text 3/subl.exe' --project ~/.gitconfig.sublime-project --wait " (Leave off quotations)

Hit "Ctrl+S" to save

4. Use it:

Close out of any open Git Bash windows. Open a New instance of Git bash Type "subl" (Leave off quotations) to start Sublime Text 3

Voula, It works!. This will open a Sublime Text editor window each time you type "Subl" into Git Bash.

Let me know if you have any questions or concerns, and keep up the good Coding :D

I entered subl.exe subl to my bash and it says command not found. I also tried adding a file path to my usr/bin manually and i tried creating the path through git. I get a failed to create link error.