https://stackoverflow.com/questions/37505484/cant-exit-git-commit-in-windows

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From Powershell I've called git commit and it presents me with I typed the commit message (in yellow) but I have no idea what to do next. Pressing Enter just adds a newline to my input. How do I complete the commit? I've been through several tutorials but none of them explained the next step. EDIT: So I found I can press : to make the cursor jump to the bottom line, then type wq to complete the commit. What exactly is this? Is it correct? Are there any alternatives? windows  git  vi share improve this question edited May 29 '16 at 2:32 Ryan Bemrose 6,067 25 43 asked  May 29 '16 at 2:06 Bobbler 146 1 3 17

1   You can also use :x<cr> or just ZZ [no <cr> needed and which is shortand for the :x]. These have the virtue [over :wq] that they will terminate vi but will not write to the file (i.e. change the mtime) unless [pending] changes have been made in the vi edit. –  Craig Estey  May 29 '16 at 3:14 Possible duplicate of How to exit the VIM editor? –  1615903  May 30 '16 at 5:49 And if you prefer some other editor, see here for how to configure: stackoverflow.com/q/2596805/1615903 –  1615903  May 30 '16 at 5:50 add a comment

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After typing the message, press Escape to exit insert mode and then type :wq (write/save and quit, or :q! if you want to cancel and return to the prompt). Alternatively, you can commit in one step by typing git commit -m "message"

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/37505484/cant-exit-git-commit-in-windows

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From Powershell I've called git commit and it presents me with I typed the commit message (in yellow) but I have no idea what to do next. Pressing Enter just adds a newline to my input. How do I complete the commit? I've been through several tutorials but none of them explained the next step. EDIT: So I found I can press : to make the cursor jump to the bottom line, then type wq to complete the commit. What exactly is this? Is it correct? Are there any alternatives? windows  git  vi share improve this question edited May 29 '16 at 2:32 Ryan Bemrose 6,067 25 43 asked  May 29 '16 at 2:06 Bobbler 146 1 3 17

1   You can also use :x<cr> or just ZZ [no <cr> needed and which is shortand for the :x]. These have the virtue [over :wq] that they will terminate vi but will not write to the file (i.e. change the mtime) unless [pending] changes have been made in the vi edit. –  Craig Estey  May 29 '16 at 3:14 Possible duplicate of How to exit the VIM editor? –  1615903  May 30 '16 at 5:49 And if you prefer some other editor, see here for how to configure: stackoverflow.com/q/2596805/1615903 –  1615903  May 30 '16 at 5:50 add a comment

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up vote 3 down vote accepted

After typing the message, press Escape to exit insert mode and then type :wq (write/save and quit, or :q! if you want to cancel and return to the prompt). Alternatively, you can commit in one step by typing git commit -m "message"

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From Powershell I've called git commit and it presents me with I typed the commit message (in yellow) but I have no idea what to do next. Pressing Enter just adds a newline to my input. How do I complete the commit? I've been through several tutorials but none of them explained the next step. EDIT: So I found I can press : to make the cursor jump to the bottom line, then type wq to complete the commit. What exactly is this? Is it correct? Are there any alternatives? windows  git  vi share improve this question edited May 29 '16 at 2:32 Ryan Bemrose 6,067 25 43 asked  May 29 '16 at 2:06 Bobbler 146 1 3 17

1   You can also use :x<cr> or just ZZ [no <cr> needed and which is shortand for the :x]. These have the virtue [over :wq] that they will terminate vi but will not write to the file (i.e. change the mtime) unless [pending] changes have been made in the vi edit. –  Craig Estey  May 29 '16 at 3:14 Possible duplicate of How to exit the VIM editor? –  1615903  May 30 '16 at 5:49 And if you prefer some other editor, see here for how to configure: stackoverflow.com/q/2596805/1615903 –  1615903  May 30 '16 at 5:50 add a comment

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up vote 3 down vote accepted

After typing the message, press Escape to exit insert mode and then type :wq (write/save and quit, or :q! if you want to cancel and return to the prompt). Alternatively, you can commit in one step by typing git commit -m "message"