git commit error pathspec commit did not match any file s known to git

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I am trying to upload a Ruby app to Heroku  I start with git init and then I type git add   and then I use git commit -m initial commit    Whenever I use git commit -m  I receive an error message saying      git commit error pathspect  commit  did not match any file s  known to git     I have been told that this is happening because the arguments are in the wrong order    The thing I noticed is that when I use git add   it will not list the files that are being added because it will just go to the next line    I suspect that I am having this problem because my files are not really being added   I would appreciate any advice about how to correct this problem

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In my case  the problem was I used wrong alias for git commit -m  I used gcalias which dit not meant git commit -m

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Had this happen to me when committing from Xcode 6  after I had added a directory of files and subdirectories to the project folder   The problem was that  in the Commit sheet  in the left sidebar  I had checkmarked not only the root directory that I had added  but all of its descendants too   To solve the problem  I checkmarked only the root directory   This also committed all of the descendants  as desired  with no error

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The order line contentions are isolated by space  On the off chance that you need furnish a contention with a space in it  you should cite it  So use git commit - m  quot Initial commit quot   must follow this syntax

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I figured out mistake here use double quotations instead of single quotations   change this  git commit -m  initial commit   to  git commit -m  initial commit

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In my case  this error was due to special characters what I was considering double quotes as I copied the command from a web page

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Please take note that in windows  it is very important that the git commit -m  initial commit  has the initial commit texts in double quotes  Single quotes will throw a path spec error

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I have encounter the same problem  my syntax has no problem   What I found is that I copied and pasted git commit -m  comments  from my note  I retype it  the command execute without issue  It turns out the - and     are the problem when I copy paste to terminal

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In my case the problem was I had forgotten to add the switch -m before the quoted comment  It may be a common error too  and the error message received is exactly the same

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Had this happen to me when committing from Xcode 6  after I had added a directory of files and subdirectories to the project folder  The problem was that  in the Commit sheet  in the left sidebar  I had checkmarked not only the root directory that I had added  but all of its descendants too  To solve the problem  I checkmarked only the root directory  This also committed all of the descendants  as desired  with no error

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if there are anybodys using python os to invoke git u can use os system  git commit -m     str comment

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Please try adding the double quotes git commit -m  quot initial commit quot   This will solve your problem

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I would just like to add--   In windows the commit message should be in double quotes  git commit -m  initial commit  instead of git commit -m  initial commit    as I spent about an hour  just to figure out that single quote is not working in windows

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The command line arguments are separated by space  If you want provide an argument with a space in it  you should quote it  So use git commit -m  initial commit

[git] git commit error: pathspec 'commit' did not match any file(s) known to git

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