Setting up sublimetext 3 as git commit text editor

Solution 1:

For what it's worth, here's how I solved it:

1) Run in Terminal:

sudo ln -s /Applications/Sublime\ Text.app/Contents/SharedSupport/bin/subl /usr/local/bin/subl

This adds a subl alias to /usr/local/bin/ pointing to Sublime Text 3 app’s binary file. Now running subl in Terminal will launch Sublime Text 3 app.

2) Run in Terminal:

git config --global core.editor "subl -n -w"

This adds editor = subl -n -w to the [core] section of the ~/.gitconfig file. Now running git commit in Terminal will launch Sublime Text 3 app (subl) in a new window (-n), and the command line will wait (-w) until the commit message is saved and closed.

Image of final workflow added in response to clarifying question in comments below:

Official Sublime Text 3 doc: http://www.sublimetext.com/docs/3/osx_command_line.html

Solution 2:

You can solve this by putting in a full path

git config --global core.editor "/Applications/Sublime\ Text.app/Contents/SharedSupport/bin/subl -n -w"

Source: OS X Command Line

EDIT: If the name of the app is not Sublime Text.app you will want to replace that with the correct name.

Solution 3:

Sublime Text 2

git config --global core.editor "'c:/program files/sublime text 2/sublime_text.exe' -n -w"

Sublime Text 3 ( Tested this on my Windows 10 MS Surface Pro 3 )

git config --global core.editor "'C:/Program Files/Sublime Text 3/subl.exe' -n -w"

You can also add following line to your .gitconfig file

[core]
 editor = "'C:/Program Files/Sublime Text 3/subl.exe' -n -w"

Hope it helps.

Solution 4:

I found out that I receive messages like:

subl -n -w: subl: command not found.

error: There was a problem with the editor 'subl -n -w'

error: There was a problem with the editor 'subl'

even though Sublime works well and can be launched from Terminal.

To fix it, run the following in Terminal:

git config --global core.editor " 'XXXXX' -n -w"

while 'XXXXX' is the path which Sublime is launched from.

It could be /usr/bin/subl as Pranav Misra mentioned, or /Applications/Sublime\ Text\ 2.app/Contents/SharedSupport/bin/subl, or whatever you put in the symlink you have created.