How can I commit files with git

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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  lt file gt      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

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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'

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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   lt esc gt  goes back to normal mode  hit ZZ to save and quit  ZQ to quit without saving   voil    there s your commit

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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

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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

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in standart Vi editor in this situation you should    press Esc type   wq   without quotes  Press Enter

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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

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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

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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

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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

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