The "strange editing mode" is called vi. Check out this cheatsheet: http://www.lagmonster.org/docs/vi.html
To edit, type "i" to switch to insert mode. To leave insert mode, hit ESC. To save and quit, type :wq<Enter>, which means "write, quit". Good luck! Wes On Mon, Aug 6, 2012 at 10:57 PM, Jeffery Brewer <[email protected]>wrote: > I've slowly been trying to get git to work and just running into loads of > problems. > > Using the windows bash I just tried to do a commit this evening and forgot > to add a message (e.g. -m "my work for today") and sent the bash into some > sort of odd editing mode that I can't seem to get out of. I finally just > closed the bash and opened a new bash and tried to commit and got all kinds > of error messages with a prompt to type (R) to recover. Typed R to recover > and it took me right back into the strange editing mode that I can't seem > to get out of now. I've backed up all the files in the directory (sensing > an impending catastrophe) but not sure what else to do at this point to get > git running again. > > Any help would be appreciated. > > More detail... > > If I open a new bash in the directory and run "git commit" I'm getting > this error message: > > E325: ATTENTION > Found a swap file by the name ".git\.COMMIT_EDITMSG.swp" > dated: Mon Aug 06 19:45:14 2012 > file name: > C:/Users/me/Documents/NetBeansProjects/foldername/.git/COMMIT_EDITMSG > modified: YES > user name: me host name: my computer > process ID: 10368 > While opening file ".git\COMMIT_EDITMSG" > dated: Mon Aug 06 19:55:29 2012 > NEWER than swap file! > (1) Another program may be editing the same file. > If this is the case, be careful not to end up with two > different instances of the same file when making changes. > Quit, or continue with caution. > (2) An edit session for this file crashed. > If this is the case, use ":recover" or "vim -r .git\COMMIT_EDITMSG" > to recover the changes (see ":help recovery"). > If you did this already, delete the swap file > ".git\.COMMIT_EDITMSG.swp" > to avoid this message. > Swap file ".git\.COMMIT_EDITMSG.swp" already exists! > -- More -- SPACE/d/j: screen/page/line down, b/u/k: up, q: quit > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Git for human beings" group. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msg/git-users/-/XE0-ivLyDtAJ. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/git-users?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Git for human beings" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/git-users?hl=en.
