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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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Type the description at the very top, press esc to exit insert mode, then type :x! (now the cursor is at the bottom) and hit enter to save and exit.
If your shell prompt is $ you are at bash . To exit from bash type exit and press ENTER .
If you want to save your changes and quit, press Esc then type :wq and hit Enter or ↵ or on Macs, Return .
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) - How can I set up an editor to work with Git on Windows?
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