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using Notepad++ for git inside cygwin

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How do I use Notepad++ (or other) with msysgit?

i have done all combinations that i can think of for my shell script. when i have my cygwin console (im using mintty if it matters) i can type 

npp {file}

and the file opens correctly. but when i do a 

git rebase -i HEAD~5

npp opens with a blank new document, not the interactive file to control the rebase. any idea why this would be happening?

git --version
git version 1.7.9

latest version of cygwin on a windows 7 machine and NPP 5.9.8

also, here is my wrapper script

#!/bin/sh
"C:/Program Files (x86)/Notepad++/notepad++.exe" -multiInst -notabbar \
  -nosession -noPlugin "$*"
Solution

  • I was correct about my cygwin path issue. i changed my shell wrapper to this

    #!/bin/sh
'C:/Program Files (x86)/Notepad++/notepad++.exe' -multiInst -notabbar \
  -nosession -noPlugin "$(cygpath -w "$*")"

    and it worked perfectly.