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Re: commit --amend neglecting return value

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Brian Gernhardt <brian@gernhardtsoftware.com>
Date
Mar 22, 2010, 05:20 UTC
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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.
~~ Brian
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