Setting Visual Studio Code as my Mac's default editor (including editing Git commits)

Add export EDITOR="code -w" to your bash profile

(Your bash profile is accessible via open ~/.bash_profile)

This requires you to have the code binary already in your path. If you don't have that, or don't know if you do, simply go into vscode, enter CMD + SHIFT + P, type code and click Shell Command: Install 'code' command in PATH. Then do the first step.

Also, very helpful comment by pompalini below,

remember to "refresh" terminal by closing and opening it again or resourcing your bash profile by running source ~/.bash_profile. Only then will the new changes in .bash_profile apply to your terminal.

1. In terminal

   • Type: open ~/.bash_profile

   • Insert: export EDITOR="code -w"

2. In visual studio code

   • Press: CMD + SHIFT + P
   • Insert: install code and select from autocomplete menu shell command: Install 'code' in command PATH

It's working with the latest version 0.10.9 of VS Code

[core]
editor = '/Applications/Visual Studio Code.app/Contents/MacOS/Electron' -w

Test it with: git config --global --edit. remember to refresh the terminal after you have changed the config file.