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Kirk Strobeck
Kirk Strobeck

Reputation: 18559

How can I commit files with git?

None of the tutorials will help!
They all do that thing where they just assume I know what to do..

Currently, my terminal window starts with..

# Please enter the commit message for your changes. Lines starting
# with '#' will be ignored, and an empty message aborts the commit.
# On branch master
# Changes to be committed:
#   (use "git reset HEAD <file>..." to unstage)
#
#       deleted:    httpdocs/newsite/manifest/cache/0a432970ba6491fe65dad60b012e5c95_louloumay2011en-1-4dea3186b7f7b.jpg
#       deleted:    httpdocs/newsite/manifest/cache/0a61b5d7a9e97da78fe602e1ad41edb6_5-4dec7c3d57c80.jpg
#       deleted:    httpdocs/newsite/manifest/cache/0afb6a7716a85d0de46cdd03bb30f75f_fifa_panorama_full_page-01_thu-4dea3d1a0e0f5.jpg
#       deleted:    httpdocs/newsite/manifest/cache/0b3bc9be76a5d3e1e36af4b8dcf98658_free2-4df0e2e08761f.jpg
#       deleted:    httpdocs/newsite/manifest/cache/0b6342913b8e599fac76da452af98ec5_si-feb-2009-1-4dea3d1abcb61.jpg
#       deleted:    httpdocs/newsite/manifest/cache/0b9ddc587340f7744e03c4b2dafacf7f_lou-lou-winter-2009-cover-4dea3d1a9b1a0.jpg
#       deleted:    httpdocs/newsite/manifest/cache/0bf64ff8fc22720b3da20d0730fa6a04_chatelaine-dec-2009-4dea3d18daa30.jpg
#       deleted:    httpdocs/newsite/manifest/cache/0bf664e03eb0a2255b69b02aed85add0_summumfeb2011-2-4dea3188766aa.jpg

but there's no way to know how to do what they say to do here..
http://learn.github.com/p/normal.html

All it says is

We simply type our commit message and exit the editor.

What does that mean?!
Just because you write the word simply doesn't mean it is simple..

When I start to type it does wierd stuff, says "recording" or "inserting" and there are about 300 files, and it wants me to replace every line with a message?!?

Help !

I would use their handy Mac application for this, but if it's over 20 files or so, it freezes up !
What's up with that??

Upvotes: 116

Views: 279529

Answers (11)

zadkaj
zadkaj

Reputation: 11

git commit alone without -m will take you to the terminal Vi editor. You need to get back out of Vi now to the main terminal UI. Here's how:

  1. Press Esc
    Important: You won't see anything after pressing Esc and it looks like nothing happened. Trust something has.

  2. Next, type :wq
    Note that :wq appears at the bottom left of the editor below the tildes. That's how you know pressing Esc before typing it got you to this next step.

  3. Press Enter

To get around these extra steps in the future, shortcut by committing this way:

git commit -m "some commit message about what you did"

The -m ‹commit message› is what makes the difference.

Upvotes: 1

Nikita
Nikita

Reputation: 1

You can make a commit using Visual Studio UI. It is another way to do it

Upvotes: -2

kelvin nyadzayo
kelvin nyadzayo

Reputation: 93

I faced the same problem , i resolved it by typing :q! then hit Enter And it resolved my problem After that run the the following command git commit -a -m "your comment here"

This should resolve your problem.

Upvotes: 2

Oner Ksor
Oner Ksor

Reputation: 931

in standart Vi editor in this situation you should

  1. press Esc
  2. type ":wq" (without quotes)
  3. Press Enter

Upvotes: 62

juliarm
juliarm

Reputation: 51

This happens when you do not include a message when you try to commit using:

git commit

It launches an editor environment. Quit it by typing :q! and hitting enter.

It's going to take you back to the terminal without committing, so make sure to try again, this time pass in a message:

git commit -m 'Initial commit'

Upvotes: 3

Ben James
Ben James

Reputation: 125119

When you run git commit with no arguments, it will open your default editor to allow you to type a commit message. Saving the file and quitting the editor will make the commit.

It looks like your default editor is Vi or Vim. The reason "weird stuff" happens when you type is that Vi doesn't start in insert mode - you have to hit i on your keyboard first! If you don't want that, you can change it to something simpler, for example:

git config --global core.editor nano

Then you'll load the Nano editor (assuming it's installed!) when you commit, which is much more intuitive for users who've not used a modal editor such as Vi.

That text you see on your screen is just to remind you what you're about to commit. The lines are preceded by # which means they're comments, i.e. Git ignores those lines when you save your commit message. You don't need to type a message per file - just enter some text at the top of the editor's buffer.

To bypass the editor, you can provide a commit message as an argument, e.g.

git commit -m "Added foo to the bar"

Upvotes: 113

Mark Longair
Mark Longair

Reputation: 467033

It sounds as if the only problem here is that the default editor that is launched is vi or vim, with which you're not familiar. (As quick tip, to exit that editor without saving changes, hit Esc a few times and then type :, q, ! and Enter.)

There are several ways to set up your default editor, and you haven't indicated which operating system you're using, so it's difficult to recommend one in particular. I'd suggest using:

 git config --global core.editor "name-of-your-editor"

... which sets a global git preference for a particular editor. Alternatively you can set the $EDITOR environment variable.

Upvotes: 31

knittl
knittl

Reputation: 265141

Git uses "the index" to prepare commits. You can add and remove changes from the index before you commit (in your paste you already have deleted ~10 files with git rm). When the index looks like you want it, run git commit.

Usually this will fire up vim. To insert text hit i, <esc> goes back to normal mode, hit ZZ to save and quit (ZQ to quit without saving). voilà, there's your commit

Upvotes: 3

Ali
Ali

Reputation: 12664

The command for commiting all changed files:

git commit -a -m 'My commit comments'

-a = all edited files

-m = following string is a comment.

This will commit to your local drives / folders repo. If you want to push your changes to a git server / remotely hosted server, after the above command type:

git push

GitHub's cheat sheet is quite handy.

Upvotes: 21

pkk
pkk

Reputation: 3691

I don't know your system environment, but it seems, that you have typed:

git commit

And your default editor has been launched. In the worst case scenario (for you) it could have been vim :)

If you don't know how to quit vim, use :q.

If you have further problems, you could use

git commit -m 'Type your commit message here'

Upvotes: 17

JaredPar
JaredPar

Reputation: 754545

It looks like all of the edits are already a part of the index. So to commit just use the commit command

git commit -m "My Commit Message"

Looking at your messages though my instinct says that you probably don't want the cache files to be included in your depot. Especially if it something that is built on the fly when running your program. If so then you should add the following line to your .gitignore file

httpdocs/newsite/manifest/cache/*

Upvotes: 4

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