[git] How to exit a 'git status' list in a terminal?

I'm new to Git and the terminal. How can I exit a listing mode generated by the git status command?

You can disable pager for commands that don't recognize --no-pager flag.

git config --global pager.<command> false

I disable for log aliases and set specific quantity to return.

git config --global pager.log false

first of all you need to setup line ending preferences in termnial

git config --global core.autocrlf input
git config --global core.safecrlf true

Then you can use :q

exit did it for me. My results after pressing return;

my-mac:Car Game mymac$ exit
logout
Saving session...
...copying shared history...
...saving history...truncating history files...
    ...completed.
[Process completed]

If you are on the git bash try using exit;

I tried using the q or ctrl + q but they did not worked on bash.

I have to guess here, but git is probably running its output into your $PAGER program, likely less or more. In either case, typing q should get you out.

Crt + c works for Windows! user1852392

Before pressing exit commands(q, etc..) check current input language: if it isn't English commands may not work.

for windows :

Ctrl + q and c for exit the running situation .

Please try this steps in git bash, It may help you.

1. CTRL + C
2. :qa!

Type 'q' and it will do the job.

Whenever you are at the terminal and have a similar predicament keep in mind also to try and type 'quit', 'exit' as well as the abort key combination 'Ctrl + C'.

q or SHIFT+q will do the trick. This will get you out of many extensive page scrolling sessions like git status, git show HEAD, git diff etc. This will not exit your window or end your session.

My preferred combo is Gq, which prints all diffs and then exits.

You can type h to show the help commands for interacting with less, which prints this to console:

                   SUMMARY OF LESS COMMANDS

      Commands marked with * may be preceded by a number, N.
      Notes in parentheses indicate the behavior if N is given.

  h  H                 Display this help.
  q  :q  Q  :Q  ZZ     Exit.
 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

                           MOVING

  e  ^E  j  ^N  CR  *  Forward  one line   (or N lines).
  y  ^Y  k  ^K  ^P  *  Backward one line   (or N lines).
  f  ^F  ^V  SPACE  *  Forward  one window (or N lines).
  b  ^B  ESC-v      *  Backward one window (or N lines).
  z                 *  Forward  one window (and set window to N).
  w                 *  Backward one window (and set window to N).
  ESC-SPACE         *  Forward  one window, but don't stop at end-of-file.
  d  ^D             *  Forward  one half-window (and set half-window to N).
  u  ^U             *  Backward one half-window (and set half-window to N).
  ESC-)  RightArrow *  Left  one half screen width (or N positions).
  ESC-(  LeftArrow  *  Right one half screen width (or N positions).
  F                    Forward forever; like "tail -f".
  r  ^R  ^L            Repaint screen.
  R                    Repaint screen, discarding buffered input.
        ---------------------------------------------------
        Default "window" is the screen height.
        Default "half-window" is half of the screen height.
 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

                          SEARCHING

  /pattern          *  Search forward for (N-th) matching line.
  ?pattern          *  Search backward for (N-th) matching line.
  n                 *  Repeat previous search (for N-th occurrence).
  N                 *  Repeat previous search in reverse direction.
  ESC-n             *  Repeat previous search, spanning files.
  ESC-N             *  Repeat previous search, reverse dir. & spanning files.
  ESC-u                Undo (toggle) search highlighting.
        ---------------------------------------------------
        Search patterns may be modified by one or more of:
        ^N or !  Search for NON-matching lines.
        ^E or *  Search multiple files (pass thru END OF FILE).
        ^F or @  Start search at FIRST file (for /) or last file (for ?).
        ^K       Highlight matches, but don't move (KEEP position).
        ^R       Don't use REGULAR EXPRESSIONS.
 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

                           JUMPING

  g  <  ESC-<       *  Go to first line in file (or line N).
  G  >  ESC->       *  Go to last line in file (or line N).
  p  %              *  Go to beginning of file (or N percent into file).
  t                 *  Go to the (N-th) next tag.
  T                 *  Go to the (N-th) previous tag.
  {  (  [           *  Find close bracket } ) ].
  }  )  ]           *  Find open bracket { ( [.
  ESC-^F <c1> <c2>  *  Find close bracket <c2>.
  ESC-^B <c1> <c2>  *  Find open bracket <c1> 
        ---------------------------------------------------

:q

that's a less command, actually. It uses the same commands as vi.

If you are facing this?

Sometimes it is possible that while writing in Gitbash you get into > and you just can not get out of that.
It happens with me quite often while I type ' by mistake in Gitbash(See in the image).

How to solve this in Mac?

control + C

I have not checked it in Windows. But if it does please edit that in my answer.