How do I exit from the text window in Git

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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

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On windows I used the following command   wq   and it aborts the previous commit because of the empty commit message

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On Windows 10 this worked for me for VIM and VI using git bash   Esc      wq     or   Esc      q

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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   lt message gt   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  - How can I set up an editor to work with Git on Windows

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That s the vi editor  Try ESC  q

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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

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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 How do I make Git use the editor of my choice for commits  for details of how to choose another editor  Meanwhile     You ll want to enter a message before you leave Vim   O     will start a new line for you to type in   To exit  g Vim type   EscZZ or Esc wqReturn   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

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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  -

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