How to use Visual Studio Code as default editor for git?

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In the most recent release (v1.0, released in March 2016), you are now able to use VS Code as the default git commit/diff tool. Quoted from the documentations:

  1. Make sure you can run code --help from the command line and you get
    help.

    • if you do not see help, please follow these steps:

      • Mac: Select Shell Command: Install ‘Code’ command in path from the Command
        Palette.

        • Command Palette is what pops up when you press shift + ⌘ + P while inside VS
          Code. (shift + ctrl + P in Windows)
      • Windows: Make sure you selected Add to PATH during the
        installation.
      • Linux: Make sure you installed Code via our new .deb or
        .rpm packages.
  2. From the command line, run git config --global core.editor "code --wait"

Now you can run git config --global -e and use VS Code as editor for configuring Git.
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Add the following to enable support for using VS Code as diff tool:

[diff]
    tool = default-difftool
[difftool "default-difftool"]
    cmd = code --wait --diff $LOCAL $REMOTE

This leverages the new --diff option you can pass to VS Code to
compare two files side by side.

To summarize, here are some examples of where you can use Git with VS
Code:

  • git rebase HEAD~3 -i allows to interactive rebase using VS Code
  • git commit allows to use VS Code for the commit message
  • git add -p followed by e for interactive add
  • git difftool <commit>^ <commit> allows to use VS Code as diff editor for changes

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