git commit --amend hanging on hint: Waiting for your editor to close the file in vscode

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Related post: Git hangs with "hint: Waiting for your editor to close the file..." when closing a commit message file in VSCode

I do not like the solution in the above link because it makes an entirely new vscode instance. I used to be able to git commit --amend and then a new tab in my current vscode instance pops up where I then edit the commit message, save, and then close, and the hint: Waiting for your editor to close the file then disappears. As of this morning, this no longer happens, and I don't think I made any changes in my ~/.gitconfig .

These are my current settings in .gitconfig

[submodule]
    recurse = true
[user]
    name = my_email
    email = my_email
[credential]
    helper = cache --timeout=31536000
[url "https://github.com/"]
  insteadOf = git://github.com/
[alias]
  tree = log --oneline --graph --all --decorate
[core]
    editor = code --wait
[diff]
  tool = vscode
[difftool "vscode"]
  cmd = code -n --wait --diff $LOCAL $REMOTE
[merge]
  tool = vscode
[mergetool "vscode"]
  cmd = code --wait $MERGED

Does anyone know of a solution for this?

PS I just tried the solution in the linked post where the amend is routed to a different instance, and that didn't work either. When i closed the new instance, it's still hanging on hint: Waiting for....

Answer 1

I don't like that this bug is not fixed. My solution: I go to my VM and commit via Git GUI, for example. It clears it on Mac side (that's where my project runs) without re-opening or new instances.