Git commit hangs, what should I do?

Question

I made a large initial git commit from an existing code base and for about an hour the screen would freeze when executing the "create mode". It looks like this (note that some parts are darkened to maintain anonymity):

What should I do?

---------- UPDATE

I pressed the return key and a command prompt appeared. Is this some weird quirk that the user should click on return after git prints?

Answer 1

You probably entered the selection mode on the Windows command line (by clicking on the place cursor), which pauses all the commands until you leave them.