Escape Hatches

A curated list of “escape hatches” in software.

Motivation

Knowing how to cancel, undo, and redo help eases the fear of making mistakes. This list collects all software that does not follows the Ctrl-z pattern.

Emacs

Action	Keybinding	Notes
Cancel	C-g
Undo	C-/
Redo	C-f then C-/	“undo the undo”

Vim

Action	Keybinding	Notes
Cancel	ESC	in any vim mode
Undo	u	in vim command mode
Redo	Ctrl-r	in vim command mode

Git

A lot of good tips are shared in Oh shit, git!:

• Magic Time Machine
• Change Last Commit
• Change Last Commit Message
• Accidental Commit to Master
• Accidental Commit to Wrong Branch
• Tried to Run a diff but Nothing Happened
• Fuck This Noise