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Setup instructions for Git
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Set the default editor (VSCode)

git config --global core.editor "code --wait"

See answer from rexcfnghk on StackOverflow for more details.

Set the default merge/diff tools (P4Merge)

git config --global merge.tool p4merge
git config --global mergetool.p4merge.path "C:/Program Files/Perforce/p4merge.exe"

Set user.name and user.email

git config --global user.name "John Doe"
git config --global user.email johndoe@example.com
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