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    >  they can just cancel in Komet

What is `:q!` if not "just cancel[ling]"?

I'll take four keystrokes over <move hand to mouse>, <move mouse to button>, <click button> (and a debatable <move hand back to keyboard>). Even if you count that as 3v4, the keystrokes are quicker than the mouse movements.

I get that not everyone wants to deal with vim, and may use a GUI editor for other stuff - but for something as small and specific as git commits, I really don't understand why you'd want to install something new; for what, a button?

:q! quits without saving the text file which only aborts a commit if the message is empty, meaning it's not sufficient if the message has pre-existing content when you open it.

And you largely misunderstood. Komet has a shortcut for making the commit (command return). The mouse is just a supplemental possibility....

Having a more convenient shortcut is not the only reason I use Komet.

[edit]: and to address for "something as small as commits" -- well, I write commits pretty often. So it matters a great deal to me to have an aiding tool, and definitely not for a task I'd consider 'insignificant'

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