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Development Tools Git Basics Getting Started With Git Committing Changes

Omar Elfishawi
Omar Elfishawi
4,060 Points
Posted by Omar Elfishawi
Omar Elfishawi
4,060 Points

-m -a

Hi, thanks in advance for your help.

I get the following message when git commit -m -a "quote"

use "git add <file>..." to include in what will be committed

1 Answer

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,275 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,275 Points

It sounds like you've skipped a step, and you still need to use "git add" to identify the components of the repo before you commit them.