How to enter a Git commit message in this editor?

Question

I am trying to enter the Git commit message in the editor which looks like Vi, but none of commands like :wq, Esc etc. are working. Whenever I try to mer

Answer 1

It looks like to be Joe

From what I know to save and exit you must type ^kx (where ^ is equal to CTRL).

If you want to change default Git's editor, just update the EDITOR variable, in your ~/.bashrc by example:

export EDITOR="vim"

Answer 2

The (fundamental) line is a hint that this is some kind of Emacs: Fundamental mode is one of the Major Modes of Emacs.

This is the documentation for the basic usage of Emacs:

• Exiting Emacs
• Basic editing commands