magit with emacs: C-x g, c c y, <message> C-c C-c git over command line: Alt + Tab(shell), git commit -a -m "<message>" RET You see the problem. Even assuming

magit with emacs: C-x g, c c y, <message> C-c C-c git over command line: Alt + Tab(shell), git commit -a -m "<message>" RET You see the problem. Even assuming the message is short and typed on the command line without invoking the editor, the number of keystrokes is more. Of course number of keystrokes is a minor thing, when you compare rebase and other operations.