How do I exit from the text window in Git?
GitVimGit Problem Overview
I am using Windows and before committing, Git wants me to enter a text message and a new text window appears.
How can I exit from this?
I am trying to learn Git. So, a little help will be highly appreciated.
Git Solutions
Solution 1 - Git
Since you are learning Git, know that this has little to do with git but with the text editor configured for use. In vim, you can press i to start entering text and save by pressing esc and :wq and enter, this will commit with the message you typed. In your current state, to just come out without committing, you can do :q instead of the :wq as mentioned above.
Alternatively, you can just do git commit -m '<message>' instead of having git open the editor to type the message.
Note that you can also change the editor and use something you are comfortable with ( like notepad) - https://stackoverflow.com/questions/10564/how-can-i-set-up-an-editor-to-work-with-git-on-windows
Solution 2 - Git
There is a default text editor that will be used when Git needs you to type in a message. By default, Git uses your system’s default editor, which is generally Vi or Vim. In your case, it is Vim that Git has chosen. See https://stackoverflow.com/q/2596805/78845 for details of how to choose another editor. Meanwhile...
You'll want to enter a message before you leave Vim:
...will start a new line for you to type in.
To exit (g)Vim type:
It's worth getting to know Vim, as you can use it for editing text on almost any platform. I recommend the Vim Tutor, I used it many years ago and have never looked back (barely a day goes by when I don't use Vim).
Solution 3 - Git
That's the vi editor. Try ESC :q!.
Solution 4 - Git
On Windows 10 this worked for me for VIM and VI using git bash
"Esc" + ":wq!"
or
"Esc" + ":q!"
Solution 5 - Git
On windows I used the following command
:wq
and it aborts the previous commit because of the empty commit message
Solution 6 - Git
First type
i
to enter the commit message then press ESC then type
:wq
to save the commit message and to quit. Or type
:q!
to quit without saving the message.
Solution 7 - Git
On windows, simply pressing 'q' on the keyboard quits this screen. I got it when I was reading help using '!help' or simply 'help' and 'enter', from the DOS prompt.
Happy Coding :-)