Mac Terminal - "Please enter the commit message for your changes."

// Random terminal tip #1

//You'll see this message if you git commit without a message (-m)
// You can get out of it with two steps:
// 1.a. Type a multi-line message to move foward with the commit.
// 1.b. Leave blank to abort the commit.
// 2. Hit "esc" then type ":wq" and hit enter to save your choice. Viola!

# Please enter the commit message for your changes. Lines starting
# with '#' will be ignored, and an empty message aborts the commit.
# On branch master
# Your branch is ahead of 'origin/master' by 1 commit.
#   (use "git push" to publish your local commits)
#
# Changes to be committed:
#       modified:   README.md
#
# Untracked files:
#       README.sublime-workspace
#
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Thank you man, really appreciate it

saved my day! Thank you :-)

thanks and worked in mac too. type ":wq" and enter.

Thanks a lot!! You saved my day and many more days in the future :))

Appreciate it !!!

Amazing!

Hitting ESC then typing ":wq" worked for me on windows 10 command prompt.

Thank you so much for the tips!!

Thank you!!! it worked great in mac

Thanks

Thanks a lot for this solution!

@yatinm1 I ran into the issue this weekend at a Hackathon and I have a Mac. Here is the solution for a Mac:

hit "esc" and then write :wq to write then quit

thank you so much

Muito obrigado, já passei muita raiva com esse vacilo da falta de flag no commit

i use windows 10, i try it but nothing happen, what am i suppose to type after :wp

Thank you, I fill the blank lines with random words i m not sure if its correct, but it works (MacOS

Thank you! Always wondered about this!

thanks bro!

what should I write after :wq? excuse my ignorance

what should I write after :wq? excuse my ignorance

You can just click enter after write that

Thank you for this gist.

TYSM! I'm still really new to all things Git and was in full panic mode until I found this!!!

An absolute legend. Thank you!

thank you thank you thank youuuu

I was in panic, thank you so much

Thank you!

ty bro !

thank you! i was going round and round!

Thanks, you saved my life!

Much appreciation for getting this out there!

Life Saver! Thank you!

Thanks so much! 🙏