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Git how to add a comment and quit VIM

This happens to me from time to time. When you are trying to merge with some local branch and there are some conflicts you want to fix on the fly then this terminal asks you to add a comment so you do and you don’t know how to exit….

Terrifying stuff I know so here is how you close that VIM terminal. After adding your comment and looking lost enter this below:

:wp

For definitions and more detail check out this source

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How to delete a branch locally

This is just a personal post on something ,I keep forgetting how to do.
So i am putting it where I know where to find it.

git branch -d <branch name>

For more information you can checkout the source