Usually, after the ```git merge```, git will open a text editor where you can type in a **commit message**. That is the description of your commit. In Windows this should be ***notepad*** which is pretty easy to handle. In the Linux terminal the text editors can be a bit more difficult to handle because they work only with keyboard and not with a mouse.
Usually, after the ```git merge```, git will open a text editor where you can type in a **commit message**, git suggests a message like ```Merge branch master```. That is the description of your commit. In Windows this should be ***notepad*** which is pretty easy to handle. In the Linux terminal the text editors can be a bit more difficult to handle because they work only with keyboard and not with a mouse.
**nano** looks like this:
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To exit it you have to press **```<Strg>+O```** to save and **```<Strg>+X```** to exit
**vi** looks like this:
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To exit it you have to press **```<Esc>```** than **```:wq```** to save and quit
