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Thea Partin
8,750 PointsBummer: You don't need to pass any command-line options.
I removed the command line option and its still not working. Could someone help me?
Thea Partin
8,750 Pointsgit -a "chapter1.txt" Jennifer Nordell
Thea Partin
8,750 PointsAdd the file chapter1.txt to the staging area for committing. Jennifer Nordell
2 Answers
Peter Vann
36,066 PointsIn this case, it's not really a Git-oriented command, per se... It's a common terminal/command line (bash shell) command.
This passed for me:
cd novel
...which assumes that 'novel' is a subdirectory of your current working local directory. You can use:
ls
to list all files & folder (contents) in/of the current directory to know for sure. More info: https://www.educative.io/blog/bash-shell-command-cheat-sheet
Thea Partin
8,750 PointsI'm working with git for this exercise.
Thea Partin
8,750 PointsI figured it out its git add chapter1.txt
Jennifer Nordell
Treehouse TeacherJennifer Nordell
Treehouse TeacherHi, Thea Partin! I received your request for assistance. It'd be helpful to know what step of the challenge you're on and what you've tried
Looking forward to hearing back!