title: How to open .gitignore file in Git using any text editor installed in your local machine?
body: <p>I'm taking course on Udemy in Git, 
  The instructor uses Pico texteditor to edit .gitignore file
  I don't have it installed on my machine (Windows 10)</p>
  
  <p>I'd like to know how to open .gitignore file using locally installed text editor using command line?</p>
  
  <p>This is for Git 2.22.0.windows.1, I tried to open .gitignore file with Visual Studio Code (and wordpad) and got the error;</p>
  
  <blockquote>
    <p>'Visual' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
    operable program or batch file.</p>
  </blockquote>
  
  <p>Here is what I wrote:</p>
  
  <pre><code>VisualStudio Code .gitignore
  </code></pre>