How to Use VSCode for Writing Git Commits

If the terminal window is too small for writing your commits, then using VSCode is your solution. Configuring it is easy. First, run the following command in the terminal: git config --global core.editor "code --wait".

git config --global core.editor "code --wait"

Another option is to add these lines to your .gitconfig file.

[core]
	editor = code --wait
[difftool "vscode"]
    cmd = code --wait --diff $LOCAL $REMOTE

Save the .gitconfig, and after typing git commit, it will open an empty file to write the commit message.

When closing the file, the message is the commit message.

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