Using Notepad++ as Git Editor without affecting settings

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jstromwick picture jstromwick · May 1, 2013 · Viewed 9k times · Source

I use and love Notepad++ (http://notepad-plus-plus.org/) as my go to simple text editor. I have been using it as my default editor for git for a few weeks now and have noticed some funny behavior.

Normally I run Notepad++ with the Tab Bar enabled like so

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However when I use Notepad++ as my git editor I would prefer it to open in the most basic mode possible (mainly no tabs, and in its own instance) I simply want a text editor to log my commit messages and such. The relevant section of my .gitconfig is setup as follows

[core]
autocrlf = true
editor = "'C:/Program Files (x86)/Notepad++/notepad++.exe' -multiInst -notabbar -nosession -noPlugin"

Using this Notepad++ opens as desired when launched from git, however, the next time I launch Notepad++ normally, it loses my prior settings and does not display the tab bar anymore. It is real annoying to have to update this setting every time I want to use Notepad++ after it is launched from git. Any suggestions as to how I can have Notepad++ work in both situations without the settings affecting each other?

Answer

ellak picture ellak · May 2, 2013

Get a portable version of Notepad++ (http://sourceforge.net/projects/notepadpluspe/) and set up git to use that. In the Notepad++PE.ini file add: 

AdditionalParameters=-multiInst

Then use your normal Notepad++ installation with all your settings for normal work.

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