How to set git commit editor to sublime

Git commit editior

Method 1
git config --global core.editor "'c:/program files/sublime text 3/sublime_text.exe' -w"

Method 2
git config --global core.editor "subl -n -w"

Method 3
$ echo 'alias subl="/cygdrive/c/Program\ Files/Sublime\ Text\ 3/sublime_text.exe"' >> ~/.bashrc

prior solutions didn't work, so here's what worked for me—

OS: macOS 14.4 23E214 arm64
Shell: zsh 5.9
CPU: Apple M2
Editor: Sublime Text 4 (Build 4169)

check out Table 4 in section git config core.editor commands for an exhaustive list of core.editor configuration commands (Pro Git 2nd Ed. Appendix C). looks helpful for other system / editor combinations, too.

solution in my case:

$ git config --global core.editor "/Applications/Sublime\ Text.app/Contents/SharedSupport/bin/subl --new-window --wait"

(source link and git blame in the book)

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specifying the path to the macOS executable sublime_text as @kitmw mentioned (thank you for the quick name check how-to) did not behave as expected:

2024-03-22 21:44:48.432 sublime_text[45060:2846253] WARNING: -restoreStateWithCoder: called with an 
unsupported NSCoder.

It works on my mac. Thank you @xsqf !
macOS 13.5 Shell: zsh 5.9 CPU: Apple M2 Editor: Sublime Test 4

$ git config --global core.editor "/Applications/Sublime\ Text.app/Contents/SharedSupport/bin/subl --new-window --wait"