Unix & Linux: How to exit a git merge asking for commit message? (3 Solutions!!)

Unix & Linux: How to exit a git merge asking for commit message?


The Question: I'm using git. I did a normal merge, but it keeps asking this:
# Please enter a commit message to explain why this merge is necessary,
# especially if it merges an updated upstream into a topic branch.
And even if I write something, I can't exit from here. I can't find docs
explaining this. How should I do?

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== This solution helped 27 people ==
This is depend on the editor you're using.
If /questions/tagged/vim you can use ESC and :wq or ESC and Shift+zz. Both
command save file and exit.
You also can check ~/.gitconfig for editor, in my case (cat ~/.gitconfig):
[user]
name = somename
email = [email protected]
[core]
editor = vim
excludesfile = /home/mypath/.gitignore_global
[color]
ui = auto
# other settings here

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