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There was a problem with the editor ''C:/Program Files/Notepad /notepad .exe' -mult

Time:08-31

This is the code,Im using the ubuntu terminal to run.

(base) pra:~/my_project/demo$ git commit
hint: Waiting for your editor to close the file... 'C:/Program Files/Notepad  /notepad  .exe' -multiInst -notabbar -nosession -noPlugin: 1: C:/Program Files/Notepad  /notepad  .exe: not found
error: There was a problem with the editor ''C:/Program Files/Notepad  /notepad  .exe' -multiInst -notabbar -nosession -noPlugin'.
Please supply the message using either -m or -F option.
(base) pra:~/my_project/demo$ git config --global core.editor "'C:/Program Files (x86)/Notepad  /notepad  .exe' -multiInst -notabbar -nosession -noPlugin"
(base) pra:~/my_project/demo$ git commit
hint: Waiting for your editor to close the file... 'C:/Program Files (x86)/Notepad  /notepad  .exe' -multiInst -notabbar -nosession -noPlugin: 1: C:/Program Files (x86)/Notepad  /notepad  .exe: not found
error: There was a problem with the editor ''C:/Program Files (x86)/Notepad  /notepad  .exe' -multiInst -notabbar -nosession -noPlugin'.
Please supply the message using either -m or -F option.
(base) pra:~/my_project/demo$

I tried the solution on this link notepad not working in Git Bash , but Im unable to resolve the error.

This is the error I get on git commit

error: There was a problem with the editor ''C:/Program Files (x86)/Notepad /notepad .exe' -multiInst -notabbar -nosession -noPlugin'

How do I resolve this

EDIT: output from git config --list:

(base) pra:~/my_project/demo$ git config --list 
user.name=Pra 
[email protected] 
core.editor='C:/Program Files (x86)/Notepad  /notepad  .exe' -multiInst -notabbar -nosession -noPlugin core.repositoryformatversion=0
core.filemode=true 
core.bare=false 
core.logallrefupdates=true

CodePudding user response:

I removed the editor from config and it worked.

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