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?!?
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??
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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.
in standart Vi editor in this situation you should
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.
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'
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.
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/*
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'
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
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