Saving commits

If ctrl + x does not work for you then your git is using vim. In that case, Press esc and type ":wq" (w- means for write, q - means for quit) and press enter.

In the future if you want to use nano as a default text editor. then go to the main screen on terminal. type: nano ~/.gitconfig

The above command line will open an empty file and in the empty file type: git config core.editor "nano"

then press ctrl + x and enter to save and get out.

Happy gitting :D

Press ESC to make sure you are out of the edition mode and then type

:wq

(found on stack overflow)

A commit just sets your files up so that they are ready to go into the repository (Github for example). After you commit, you need to do a pull and a push to get the files to the server (do a pull first to make sure you aren't going to be in conflict with a prior update). So:<br /><br />

git commit -am "my message" (this will commit all files with a message of my message)

git pull (to ensure no conflicts)

git push (puts your files on the server)

Also, before I commit, I like to do a

git status

as this tells me what files are waiting and whether there are files that are untracked that I'd like to be tracked :)

Thanks for the answer. I'm disappointed the video doesn't address this, kinda leaves a lot of Windows users in the dark.