How do I exit the results of 'git diff' in Git Bash on windows?

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I'm using Git Bash on Windows 7. When I run git diff, I see this:

However, I'm unable to get back to a regular prompt. Pressing Ctrl+C seems to work, but as soon as I start typing a command, it's covered up with (END) as in that image.

Take a look at this: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1696433/how-to-exit-a-git-status-list-in-terminal — dexametason, Mar 29 '12 at 16:28

Igor · Accepted Answer · 2018-08-09T20:21:44.180

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I think pressing Q should work.

edited Aug 09 '18 at 20:21

answered Mar 29 '12 at 16:27

Igor

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By the way, it works not only for Windows. – Serge Kvashnin Apr 01 '14 at 05:50
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Too bad they can't like -- add other key combinations that are more intuitive to users (like Escape and Ctrl+C) -- or gods forbid, just let it exit normally (and if the user really needs paging, let them pipe it through "less" or "more", etc.). – BrainSlugs83 Apr 17 '15 at 03:51
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This worked as expected in Windows 8.1's powershell v4.0, although it took a few seconds to complete. – j4v1 Apr 27 '15 at 14:25
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worked with ESC then Q in windows 7. Thanks – Ivan Ferrer Villa Aug 14 '15 at 09:30
Using Webstorm in Mac and Q works too – Tuan Jinn Nov 23 '16 at 12:15
Warning - this closes the console that launched `git diff` not just the git session. – StingyJack Jan 30 '17 at 14:50
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Sigh. Why can't it just say `(END - Press Q to exit)`?? – Phlucious Oct 11 '18 at 20:43
This also closes the window for me. – nights Oct 30 '18 at 09:42
this close the whole window. why not just write ALT+F4 – nights Dec 04 '18 at 07:54
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@BrainSlugs83 they keep it in the tradition of linux text editors - as obscure as possible – br4nnigan Feb 01 '19 at 14:46
indeed, on windows... this should be stated clearly by git bash . – Mehdi Feb 05 '19 at 16:09
nice. ESC not worked for me. Also ctrlc+c not working. But "Q" worked. – DLL_Whisperer Oct 20 '20 at 11:24

Lucas · Answer 2 · 2013-07-19T01:23:52.527

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None of the above solutions worked for me on Windows 8

But the following command works fine

SHIFT + Q

edited Jul 19 '13 at 01:23

answered Jul 18 '13 at 09:00

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Both Q and Shift+Q worked for me on Windows 8. – wecsam Jul 21 '13 at 12:48
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SHIFT + Q in MAC Too. – Joe L. Dec 02 '13 at 23:06
Does not work for me. I am using `cmd` though... – Domi Jan 17 '15 at 00:53
This worked for me in Github's Git Shell (poshgit?) on Windows Server 2012 Standard – Jimmy Bosse Mar 03 '15 at 14:08
SHIFT-Q worked for me in powershell 3.0 on win7. Q would exit powershell – amundell Oct 01 '15 at 13:51

score 41 · Answer 3 · edited Jun 28 '14 at 22:14

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Using WIN + Q worked for me. Just q alone gave me "command not found" and eventually it jumped back into the git diff insanity.

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EXACTLY my problem. I know how to use less, but whatever ships with git on Windows doesn't respond to less commands. ":q", ":z," any other command entered is piped to the command line, instead of interpreted. – EKW Jul 26 '16 at 23:52
This was the solution on Win7 + Cmder as well. – Ello Oct 03 '18 at 05:53
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This just brings up my windows search bar. No luck with any answers (I'm using conda within windows powershell) – eric Mar 06 '22 at 12:44

How do I exit the results of 'git diff' in Git Bash on windows?

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