How to prevent git commit tool from closing after a commit?

The git GUI commit tool c开发者_JAVA百科loses after clicking "commit" - is there any way to keep it open? Sometimes I want to commit multiple times, and having to reopen the commit tool adds an extra unnecessary step. (I'm using msysgit on Windows XP, if it matters.)

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Make sure you run git gui and not git citool. git citool closes after a single commit. git gui keeps running and lets you do more than one commit.

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FWIW, I have an alias set up to repeatedly invoke git citool as long as there are still changes and the window wasn't closed without making a commit.

[alias]
ci = "!while ! git diff --quiet && git citool; do true; done"

The benefit of using this approach over git gui is that you automatically come back to the prompt after everything is committed.