git commit --amend not opening a new tab in VS Code

Question

I used to use git commit --amend and it used to open a new tab in VS Code where I can edit the commit and when I close this tab the commit is changed, but for some reason this doesn't happen any more.

Now when I use git commit --amend it doesn't open the new tab and displays the commit message in the command line, and I can't edit it there.

How can I have the VS Code tab back, or edit the message in the command line?

I tried to edit the message in the command line but nothing changed, I can't even quit this phase with Ctrl + C and I exit it by closing Powershell.

Answer 1

I think your default editor is not VS code. Run this command:

git config --global core.editor "code --wait"

The command will wait for the VS code file to be closed before returning to the command line.