
Kit Howlett
6,774 PointsWhen I tried to add my email address and name to Git the console returned a > symbol.
I was following this tutorial within the console after launching the Workspace. I followed all the steps within the tutorial but ran into an issue when I ran git config --global user.email "myemailaddress@emailaddress.com"
(I did of course replace with my own email).
When I hit enter the console no longer had the prompt treehouse:~/workspace$ Instead it had a greater than sign > and I couldn't get it to go away. In the end I tried ctrl + c which seemed to work but I then had to navigate back to the original directory.
How do I fix this in the future and what happened?
Thank you
1 Answer

Adam N
70,213 PointsThat happens when you forget a closing quotation mark. The terminal thinks you want to add more to what you've written. You probably entered something like:
git config --global user.email "myemailaddress@emailaddress.com
Let me know if this helps!
Kit Howlett
6,774 PointsKit Howlett
6,774 PointsAh thank you! How would I exit that in the future?
Adam N
70,213 PointsAdam N
70,213 PointsWhen you see the > sign you can put in the missing closing quotation mark (then press enter) and the command will go through as it should! Like this:
I think the > sign can happen at other times as well. Just remember it means that there's something on the line you input that is considered not complete.