How do I save git commit message under Powershell and nano ? (Ctrl+O doesn't work)

Question

I'm on Windows. After git commit, I entered a message. Then I tried Ctrl+O to save but it doesn't work (I guess I'm on nano, am I mistaken?).

Re "I guess I'm on nano": please tell _us_ what editor `git` is using on your system; what does `git config core.editor` return? — mklement0, Mar 08 '20 at 23:35
It looks like `vim`. Try `Esc`, and then input `:wq`, and `Enter`. To set an editor as the default, see https://stackoverflow.com/questions/2596805/how-do-i-make-git-use-the-editor-of-my-choice-for-commits. — ElpieKay, Mar 09 '20 at 01:14
@ElpieKay, see also: https://www.freecodecamp.org/news/one-out-of-every-20-000-stack-overflow-visitors-is-just-trying-to-exit-vim-5a6b6175e7b6/ — mklement0, Mar 09 '20 at 01:45

score 3 · Accepted Answer · edited Mar 09 '20 at 23:12

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Nano was added as a choice in 2017 with Git For Windows, because of issue 1224: "Add nano as a choice of editor(s) for git-commit because vim increases what we have to tell to beginners" (!)

But the editor by default remains "vim".

In your case, since you have modified the comment, ESC followed by :x is enough.

edited Mar 09 '20 at 23:12

mklement0

answered Mar 09 '20 at 05:36

VonC

Nicolas Voron · Answer 2 · 2020-03-11T13:09:45.347

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If this is nano, commands are Ctrl + X , then Enter (maybe multiple times depending on your conf)

edited Mar 11 '20 at 13:09

answered Mar 09 '20 at 09:14

Nicolas Voron

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