How to save a git commit message from windows cmd

Question

I run git from the command line   How does one save the commit message   I mean what keys should I press to go past this screen

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With the atom editor  you just need to install the git-plus package

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You are inside vim  To save changes and quit  type     lt esc gt   wq  lt enter gt    That means    Press Escape  This should make sure you are in command mode type in  wq Press Return   An alternative that stdcall in the comments mentions is    Press Escape Press shift Z shift Z  capital Z twice

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If you enter git commit but omit to enter a comment using the    m parameter  then Git will open up the default editor for you to edit your check-in note  By default that is Vim  Now you can do two things   Alternative 1     Exit Vim without entering any comment and repeat  A blank or unsaved comment will be counted as an aborted attempt to commit your changes and you can exit Vim by following these steps    Press Esc to make sure you are not in edit mode  you can press Esc several times if you are uncertain  Type  q  enter  that is  colon  letter q  exclamation mark  enter   this tells Vim to discard any changes and exit  Git will then respond       Aborting commit due to empty commit message   and you are once again free to commit using   git commit    m  your comment here     Alternative 2     Use Vim to write a comment  Follow the following steps to use Vim for writing your comments   Press i to enter Edit Mode  or Insert Mode   That will leave you with a blinking cursor on the first line  Add your comment  Press Esc to make sure you are not in edit mode  you can press Esc several time if you are uncertain  Type  wq enter  that is colon  letter w  letter q  enter   this will tell Vim to save changes and exit    Response from https   blogs msdn microsoft com kristol 2013 07 02 the-git-command-line-101-for-windows-users

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Press Shift-zz   Saves changes and Quits  Escape didn t work for me    I am using Git Bash in windows   And couldn t get past this either   My commit messages are simple so I dont want to add another editor atm

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You can also commit with git commit -m  Message goes here  That s easier

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I believe the REAL answer to this question is an explanation as to how you configure what editor to use by default  if you are not comfortable with Vim   This is how to configure Notepad for example  useful in Windows   git config --global core editor  notepad    Gedit  more Linux friendly   git config --global core editor  gedit    You can read the current configuration like this   git config core editor

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