Add option to use editor for commit msg

[tillydray]

I searched existing issues but found nothing, maybe I didn't search well enough but here goes.

I would like to have a setting to choose what happens when I do >git commit because I don't like the current dropdown since it is not nearly as powerful as a file in VSCode. This is particularly obvious when doing >git amend, it smashes together both the git commit subject and body in the dropdown :(

Using a file, I can take advantage of various formatting, including linewrap.

[joaomoreno]

Have you tried using the text input box in the SCM view?

[tillydray]

@joaomoreno yes I have but it still lacks the power of a file in the editor, such as linewrap, font size, etc.

[joaomoreno]

/duplicate #53225

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[tillydray]

@joaomoreno I read #53225 but it sounds different than what I'm asking. It seems to be requesting a larger window to type the message in. But I'm asking for the same functionality as marking VSCode as the editor in ~/.gitconfig editor = code --wait. Another way of stating my request is to have a command in VSCode to create a commit message respecting ~/.gitconfig

[joaomoreno]

/duplicate #30562

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