Visual Studio Code
Visual Studio Code is a popular source code editor. It is free and open source and runs on your desktop and is available for Windows, macOS, and Linux. It has a rich ecosystem of extensions for languages such as C++, Fortran, R, C#, Matlab, Java, Python, PHP, and Go. If you are new to text editors, we recommend to start with this one.
Please visit the download page for installation instructions. But please note that Visual Studio Code sends data to Microsoft.
Please also browse the page about Using Git source control in VS Code.
VSCodium is the same software without Microsoft tracking.
Windows (and any operating system that has the option): when installing, select the option “Add to PATH” (this is default).
Visual Studio Code “Learn the Fundamentals” page highlighting features, including the built-in terminal and Git support (“Track your code with Git”).
Using VS Code as a git editor
By default, Git uses your system’s configured editor. You can configure it to use Visual Studio Code instead.
Before configuring Git to use VS Code, make sure the code command is available in your system PATH.
If you selected VS Code during Git for Windows installation, it may already be configured. Otherwise, ensure the code command is available in PATH before running the command above.
In VS Code, open the Command Palette and run:
Shell Command: Install ‘code’ command in PATH
You can verify by running:
$ code --version
If you installed VS Code via:
deb/rpm package ->
codeis usually added automaticallySnap -> use
code(already available)Manual install (tarball) -> you may need to manually add it to
PATH
You can verify by running:
$ code --version
To configure VS Code as the editor that Git starts, run:
$ git config --global core.editor "code --wait"
The --wait option ensures that Git pauses while the file (for example, a commit message) is open in VS Code. Git resumes only after you close the editor.