Setting up sublimetext 3 as git commit text editor

I'm having trouble setting up sublime as my git commit message editor.

Using:

git config --global core.editor "subl"

Error: error: cannot run subl: No such file or directory error: unable to start editor 'subl' Please supply the message using either -m or -F option.

subl work perfectly otherwise.

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

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.

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.

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.

I'm new to the community, and apologize if the answer is not in the proper format. For me the following things worked for Sublime 3 git config --global core.editor " '/usr/bin/subl' -n -w" Thank you all.

To add sublime Text as the default text editor , first create a symlink :

ln -s "/Applications/Sublime Text.app/Contents/SharedSupport/bin/subl" ~/bin/subl

Also , make it the default editor for any time when input is asked by

export EDITOR='subl -w'

Finally ,

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

I tried all of these answers, but nothing worked. ~/.gitconfig showed that sublime was set, but git wouldn't pick up the change. In the end, I restarted my macbook, and that did it. srsly.

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