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Courses Plus Student 385 Pointsgit commit doesn't work in windows git bash
In the git tutorial Tommy said->(I'm using notepad) "notepad README" then "git add README.txt" then "git commit " after that the console will say Changes to be committed: New file : README.txt the Tommy goes to the top line and he provide the message "ADDED A READ ME FILE" and does something and gets the success message but I cant get the success commit message.
4 Answers
Web Developers
1,352 PointsWhen you're using the inline editing, you have to press ESCAPE, then type :wq, and press ENTER I'm on a Windows environment as well, and I had a problem here where nothing in the video told users how to escape and save the changes. I did a quick google search.
It's easier to just provide the git message inline with the commit. But if you don't then that's how you get outta there.
ESCAPE :wq (notice the colon) ENTER
Tom Bedford
15,645 PointsHi Tavind,
Are you using Command Prompt or Git Bash to run your commands? If you're using Git Bash then the commands will work exactly the same as in the video tutorials. I believe Git Bash is included when you download the Windows version of Git.
If you are using Git Bash then have you initialised Git in that folder with git init?
User Not Found
Courses Plus Student 385 PointsHi Tom,
Thank you for your answer I really appreciate it, I'm using git bash, I have completed the git init but the problem is the same, I have type in my message for exp : "Added README.txt" then what should I do ? any command I should use to enter ?
Tom Bedford
15,645 PointsIf you've added the readme.txt with git add readme.txt you can commit with git commit -a -m "Added readme.txt"
This breaks down to git commit (the command you want to run) with the options -a to commit all staged files (in this case the readme.txt that has been added) and -m "Added readme.txt" to add that message.
You can check it's been committed using git status, this will list any files that have never been committed or that have been changed/deleted since the last commit. If there are no new or changed files it will state that there is nothing to commit.
User Not Found
Courses Plus Student 385 PointsThat works pretty well :) Thank you Tom and Nice to meet you :)
Web Developers
1,352 PointsAlso, when you get to the video about checking out a previous version an use the
git checkout [commit hash/branch name]
command, you'll need to press Q at the end of the list to return to the prompt. Had to research that as well, as it wasn't discussed in the video.
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Courses Plus Student 385 PointsHaven't yet reach there but when I do this post will be helpful again for me and other windows users, You're help is very appreciated. :)
Juan Aviles
12,795 PointsI'm having problems with Windows as well. I really like this course, but almost feel it should have been dry-run some more in a Windows environment before making the videos. It seems like a lot is left out.
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Courses Plus Student 385 PointsUser Not Found
Courses Plus Student 385 PointsThat's great, thanks for helping me out ! Very detailed information as I needed !