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System Information (Windows)

OS Name:                   Microsoft Windows 10 Pro
OS Version:                10.0.17134 N/A Build 17134
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System Type:               x64-based PC
Processor(s):              1 Processor(s) Installed.
                           [01]: Intel64 Family 6 Model 158 Stepping 10 GenuineIntel ~3696 Mhz
BIOS Version:              American Megatrends Inc. 2.20, 10/27/2017

System Information (WSL)

OS: Debian
Kernel: x86_64 Linux 4.4.0-17134-Microsoft
Shell: zsh 5.3.1
CPU: Intel Core i7-8700K CPU @ 3.696GHz
RAM: 8041MiB / 16344MiB

Git

I have this in my ~/.gitconfig:

[core]
    editor = code --wait

Problem:

When I run git commit, vscode starts with C:\mnt\$PathToRepo$\.git\COMMIT_EDITMSG, but this file is empty (it's supposed to have changes to be commited + a diff).

And when I write a commit message, save and exit, I get this in the terminal:

Aborting commit due to empty commit message.

Note:

when i do this:

1. run git commit;

2. write commit message in vscode (ex: Initialize repo), save and close;

3. after the Aborting commit due to empty commit message., i run git commit again;

VSCode will open with the same commit message i wrote in step 2 (ie: Initialize repo)

If the whole point is to to use WSL git on vscode, here is the official solution: https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/remote/wsl.

Essentially, you just need to install the Remote Development Extension Pack.