Can I use xdotool key "ctrl+x" to exit nano when it pops up while pulling from git whilst running a shell script?

Question

I have an update.sh that of course pull from git. The problem is nano is popping up with the MERGE_MSG and I would like to just us xdotool or something to just exit out. Is there a flag I can add to git pull origin branchName --flag? I have tried: xdotool key "ctrl+x" xdotool keydown "ctrl+x" xdotool keyup "ctrl+x"

Answer 1

In your update script, supply the --no-edit option, git pull --no-edit. or supply GIT_EDITOR=true in its environment, like GIT_EDITOR=true git pull or export it if you want to shut off all editors started by git commands the script runs.