I am trying to configure my Mac Book Pro (OSX El Capitan 10.11.1) to use Visual Studio Code as its default editor. I have created a ~/.bash_profile file with the following two lines
vscode () { VSCODE_CWD="$PWD" open -n -b "com.microsoft.VSCode" --args $* ;}
export VISUAL=open\ -n\ -b\ "com.microsoft.VSCode"This works for some things: I can type vscode test.txt at the bash terminal and up pops test.txt in Visual Studio Code, and if I run the command env I see VISUAL=open -n -b com.microsoft.VSCode in the list. I can even just type $VISUAL and Visual Studio Code opens on a new empty file.
But if I type git commit I get the following error
error: cannot run com.microsoft.vscode: No such file or directory
error: unable to start editor 'com.microsoft.vscode' Please supply the
message using either -m or -F option.
So I have succeeded inasmuch as git is trying to open Visual Studio Code for me to edit my commit message but it is then failing.
What X should I use in the line export VISUAL=X in my ~/.bash_profile file to enable git to open Visual Studio Code for commit messages?
(N.B. How to use Visual Studio Code as Default Editor for Git is not a duplicate since Gary is on a Windows PC.)