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I'm on &quot;code-cleanup.&quot; I do &quot;git pull&quot; in order to get the most up to date changes from the remote repository. <br />
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Instead of getting what I thought would be just a quick listing of the files that were to be updated, I get a prompt to create a message. Not certain of what was getting ready to happen, I typed &quot;:qall&quot; and returned to my starting point, but I saw this:<br />
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What just happened? <br />
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I'm assuming I brought down all of the changes from the remote repository, but the prompt to enter a message caught me off guard and I hate the idea that I just knocked something over...<br />
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What did I just do?
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I'm on "code-cleanup." I do "git pull" in order to get the most up to date changes from the remote repository. 

Instead of getting what I thought would be just a quick listing of the files that were to be updated, I get a prompt to create a message. Not certain of what was getting ready to happen, I typed ":qall" and returned to my starting point, but I saw this:



What just happened? 

I'm assuming I brought down all of the changes from the remote repository, but the prompt to enter a message caught me off guard and I hate the idea that I just knocked something over...

What did I just do?

What did I just do?

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