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On Mon, 22 Mar 2010, Brian Gernhardt wrote:

> 
> On Mar 22, 2010, at 1:16 AM, Brian Gernhardt wrote:
> 
> > If you want to abort committing while editing the message, delete the entire message (in Vim: "0dG:wq^M") and git will reply "Aborting commit due to empty commit message."
> 
> Oops.  Obviously I meant "ggdG:wq^M".
> 
> Also, a quick search of :help and testing reveals that ":cq" causes Vim to exit with non-zero status which will cause git to abort the commit.

thanks for the pointer this is indeed very helpful. :)

kept hiting that bug in stressy situations, good to know a way out.