From: maximilian attems <max@stro.at>
To: Brian Gernhardt <brian@gernhardtsoftware.com>
Cc: git@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: commit --amend neglecting return value
Date: Mon, 22 Mar 2010 19:39:56 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20100322183956.GC21299@stro.at> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <E139EF92-B047-4928-A390-D47224CAA3DB@gernhardtsoftware.com>
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.
prev parent reply other threads:[~2010-03-23 0:13 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2010-03-22 4:36 commit --amend neglecting return value maximilian attems
2010-03-22 5:16 ` Brian Gernhardt
2010-03-22 5:20 ` Brian Gernhardt
2010-03-22 18:39 ` maximilian attems [this message]
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