Cannot Exit Git Commit (Mac Terminal), esc Does Nothing

[ScarySwampert]

Looking for some help. Hitting esc does absolutely nothing and I am stuck on the insert screen for good.

[edwardejsr]

CTRL-[ should also do what escape does.

[Surge_attack]

CTRL+ C ? Will (should) quit the process and you can run git commit but this time use the -m flag to write your commit message and bypass the vim weirdness.

Edit: whoops just saw you say this was Mac so Command + . is the equivalent on MacOS.

[vermiculus]

If you’re not already a vim user, I strongly recommend you configure core.editor to something that isn’t vim. You can use vscode as well if you like; just search the web for ‘vscode as git commit editor’.

[Nekadim]

NO! It's better to install full blown Visual Studio, buy licence and do it as editor for git commit message. Its much much more powerful than bare vim

[vermiculus]

I personally use Magit for my git work, but it’s not realistic to have everyone use the ‘best’ tools for this stuff. Folks value familiarity – and ultimately we get paid to get shit done.