From: maximilian attems <max@stro.at>
Date: Mon, 22 Mar 2010 18:39:56 GMT
Subject: Re: commit --amend neglecting return value
Message-ID: <20100322183956.GC21299@stro.at>
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.