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Mauro Y.
Mauro Y.
6,520 Points
Posted by Mauro Y.
Mauro Y.
6,520 Points

What's wrong with this git command?

Tried to commit a file by doing:

git commit README.md -m "Adding README.me"

and

git commit README.md -m "Adding README.me"

But get bummed every time in the challenge, but works in my machine.

Tomas Schlepers
Tomas Schlepers
18,039 Points
Tomas Schlepers
Tomas Schlepers
18,039 Points

Is it correct that you pasted twice the same command ? The first should be to add the file to the staging area, with the command "add" I believe.

So the commands will be:

git add README.md
git commit README.md -m "Adding README.me"

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Mauro Y.
Mauro Y.
6,520 Points
Mauro Y.
Mauro Y.
6,520 Points

I did as you say, but the error continues. But, this following command did the magic. 

git commit -m "Adding README.me"

Thanks for the help, anyway.