install.iss: add Microsoft Edit as an editor option#669
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This is largely #617, but modified to use system edit. That saves us all the issues of a per-user install and having the version number in the path, but limits this option to Windows 11. |
Add the newly re-written and open-source 'Edit' terminal-based text editor, inspired by the old MS-DOS Editor. While the edit.exe program is also available as a simple zip download, or via the WinGet package manager for Windows, it is also distributed via Windows Update on Windows 11 24H2 and newer. Since that's the only system-wide install with a stable path, we currently only support that install method. Signed-off-by: Matthew John Cheetham <mjcheetham@outlook.com> Signed-off-by: Matthias Aßhauer <mha1993@live.de>
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it is also distributed via Windows Update on Windows 11 24H2 and newer.
Ah that's great! Makes it easier to reason about the availability of the editor this way.
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Technically, we should probably set core.editor to the full path of edit.exe, but I guess this is good enough!
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/add relnote feature Microsoft Edit can now be specified as Git editor. |
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[Microsoft Edit](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/edit/) can [now be specified](#669) as Git editor. Signed-off-by: gitforwindowshelper[bot] <gitforwindowshelper-bot@users.noreply.github.com>
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Add the newly re-written and open-source 'Edit' terminal-based text editor, inspired by the old MS-DOS Editor.
While the edit.exe program is also available as a simple zip download, or via the WinGet package manager for Windows, it is also distributed via Windows Update on Windows 11 24H2 and newer. Since that's the only system-wide install with a stable path, we currently only support that install method.