Custom External Editors

137 votes

We really need a way to configure unsupported IDEs as external editors.

I should be able to specify the executable path and arguments as well as interpolating the repository folder into the arguments.

Under consideration Suggested by: Jonathan Piché (19 Aug, '22) • Upvoted: 2 days ago • Comments: 25

Comments: 25

14 Apr, '22
Adrian Merged
It would be nice to be able to configure Notepad++ as an external editor. Often I want to open a file quickly in a simple editor. Now I have to select "Show in folder" first and then open the file with the Notepad++.
1
25 Oct, '22
Joey Kelroy Admin
"Support VSCode Insiders" (suggested by Samuel on 2022-10-16), including upvotes (1) and comments (0), was merged into this suggestion.
03 Nov, '22
Nils de Bruin
Support PyCharm and IntelliJ Fleet e.g.
2
10 Nov, '22
Axel Heider
Please allow selecting custom editors. It's really a pain when having to deal with various file formats, where I just want to open a small editor. Having to install VSCode just for this is overkill - and the "open with default" can't be used as this opens image viewers, video players, browsers and all kind of stuff that is useful for viewing thing, but not for editing the files.
10 Nov, '22
Axel Heider
Seem this is basically https://feedback.gitkraken.com/suggestions/194807/configure-a-custom-diffmergeeditor-tool-within-gitkraken again.
10 Nov, '22
Trevor Admin
"Notepad++ as external editor" (suggested by Adrian on 2022-04-14), including upvotes (5) and comments (0), was merged into this suggestion.
15 Dec, '22
Shad Vick
Upvote for notepad++ as external editor for quick updates.
17 Jan, '23
Peter Dankhaz
Support PhpStorm please :)
1
20 Mar, '23
Anton Hibl
support for this for emacs and/or vim would be nice as well.
2
28 Mar, '23
Robert Sipek
PhpStorm would be nice
1
04 Apr, '23
Raphael Jordany
Phpstorm pls
1
16 May, '23
Ales Gorkic
Notepad++ would be nice.
I simply do not understand where is the problem of why not allowing to run any external editor or default system editor. It is just a couple of lines of code.
2
26 Jun, '23
Joey Kelroy Admin
"Add VSCode Insiders as an option for your default code editor" (suggested by Gami on 2023-06-25), including upvotes (1) and comments (0), was merged into this suggestion.
02 Aug, '23
Axel Heider
Please, could you implement this. The option should also be adding more than one custom editor. It's really a pain when there is no way to open a file with a non-standard extension (or no extension at all) in a simple editor. And for some files (e.g. svg, html) the default system extension is a viewer, which I do not want to change. But I still need to be able to edit them also.
18 Aug, '23
Paul Bezanson
I installed VSCode and accepted the default installation locations. Still, GitKraken can't find it and there is no way for me to tell GitKraken where it is! At the very least, GitKraken should allow the user to enter the file system location of any supported external applications (like most other systems do).
24 Aug, '23
Rolf Sander
Yes, please add the option to run any external editor for merging!

As a start, a very simple solution would be to provide the filepaths of
"A", "B" and "Output" during the merge and allow the user to modify
those files externally.
1
19 Oct, '23
Anton
Upvote webstorm/all IntelliJ editors
3
25 Oct, '23
Lindsay
please add Notepad++
2
03 Jan
Joey Kelroy Admin
"Add open repo in default program (customizable)" (suggested by <Hidden> on 2023-12-08), including upvotes (1) and comments (0), was merged into this suggestion.
21 Jan
jsnel
Under the assumption you don't have 'regular' VS Code installed, a workaround to use Visual Studio Code Insiders is the following:
1. Open a (Windows) Terminal
2. Make a symlink from "Microsoft VS Code" to "Microsoft VS Code Insiders",
2a. cd to your installation folder, e.g. `cd "C:\Users\<user>\AppData\Local\Programs"` (replace <user>)
2b. From an administrative PS prompt > `New-Item -Path "Microsoft VS Code" -ItemType SymbolicLink -Target "Microsoft VS Code Insiders"`
3. Make a symlink from "Code.exe" to "Code - Insiders.exe"
3a. PS > `New-Item -Path "Code.exe" -ItemType SymbolicLink -Target "Code - Insiders.exe"`

Gitkraken should now pick up VS Code Insiders as regular VS Code, and CTRL+SHIFT+E should work again!
1
23 Jan
weilin
thank you man, it works and no need step 3a
1
03 Feb
Christian
I use VScodium instead of VSCode
https://vscodium.com/ cannot select it.
1
14 Feb
Ingo
Please make the editor configurable. I like to use Zed or Neovim(neovide), for small edits.
2
20 Feb
Steve Mattan
Please consider adding BBEdit as an option for external editor.
22 Apr
Edoardo
We use GitKraken every day! We'd love to set our own editor in the preferences. We use LunarVim. This is a really easy option to implement team! Maybe you can spare 3 or 4 days and get it done for us? Excellent work on GitKraken! :)