git - Trying to Commit with vim. <esc> :wq not working? -

i trying commit vim. seeing everywhere save commit doing <esc> :wq. esc, , once hit : seems go edit mode , writes wq in commit message.

what doing wrong?

but esc, , once hit : seems go edit mode

it looks vim in easy mode, emulating other modeless editors. see :help easy.

to quit in mode, use ctrl + o followed :wq enter. turn off easy mode via :set noinsertmode, , (if haven't yet given on vim) fix invocation, in git config (i.e. remove -y argument vim call).