How to git commit a single file directory

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Tried the following command   git commit path to my file ext -m  my notes    Receive an error in git version 1 5 2 1   error  pathspec  -m  did not match any file s  known to git  error  pathspec  MY MESSAGE  did not match any file s  known to git    Is that incorrect syntax for singe file or directory commits   ANSWER  Arguments were expected in this order     git commit -m  my notes  path to my file ext  UPDATE  it s not strict anymore

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For git 1 9 5 on Windows 7   my Notes   double quotes  corrected this issue  In my case putting the file s  before or after the -m  message   made no difference  using single quotes was the problem

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Try   git commit -m  my notes  path to my file ext

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Specify path after entered commit message  like   git commit -m  commit message  path to file extention

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Use the -o option   git commit -o path to myfile -m  the message       -o  --only            commit only specified files

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Your arguments are in the wrong order  Try git commit -m  my notes  path to my file ext  or if you want to be more explicit  git commit -m  my notes  -- path to my file ext   Incidentally  git v1 5 2 1 is 4 5 years old  You may want to update to a newer version  1 7 8 3 is the current release

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If you are in the folder which contains the file  git commit -m  my notes    name of file ext

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you try if You are in Master branch git commit -m  quot Commit message quot  -- filename ext

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