I accidentaly typed git commit -m "name: and after that every new line in console starts with ">" symbol and git doesn't react to commands. q, :q, :q! don't help.
Please, tell me how to quit this satanic mode.
- 1This could be because of not closed double quotelospejos– lospejos2016-12-23 10:36:49 +00:00Commented Dec 23, 2016 at 10:36
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Usually this will work:
CTRL + C
CTRL+C also will stop a process which is running in the Git bash. For example, if you were grepping for some files and you decided you wanted to stop early, you could use CTRL+C to stop it.
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It is not a satanic mode, you are just inputting a multiline commit message. The > shows you that your multi-line string continues. :q and similar are vim commands, but you are not inside vim.
So if you type
$ git commit -m "foo > bar" you will end up with a commit message
foo bar If you want to end the multi-line comment just type the closing quote " and press enter, then the multi-line message is sent.
If you want to abort and type the command again with a one-line message, just type CTRL + C for cancel and reissue your command.
