How can I use Notepad++ to edit my git commit messages?

With spaces and parentheses and plus signs, oh my. With all that in the path to notepad++.exe, how are you supposed to get git to call it properly? With just the right combination of single and double quotes, of course:

$ git config --global core.editor "'C:/Program Files (x86)/Notepad++/notepad++.exe'\
    -multiInst -notabbar -nosession -noPlugin"

Thanks, Google and Stack Overflow!

• http://www.google.com/search?q=msysgit+notepad

• http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1634161/how-do-i-use-notepad-or-other-with-msysgit

Although... the simplest answer on Stack Overflow, with the most votes, is not the official answer listed at the top. You have to scroll down to see it.

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By David Cole
Actually, after using this for a week, I've concluded that it's better without the "-notabbar" argument... If you use "-notabbar", then the next time you open up Notepad++ after making a git commit, the tabbar is gone, and you have to go show it in the Preferences dialog. I don't mind having the tab bar there while I'm editing a commit message.