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Posted by Yan Guo
Yan Guo
646 Points

Git -- Merge Challenge

I am confused for the answer about this question - Let's say that you've been working on a branch called rewrite_main_page, and you've just finished the last change you needed. First, commit your work.

I ran the commands: git commit -a git commit git commit -a -m "blablabla"

But none of them works.... Any clues?

Thanks!

2 Answers

riannonriannon
riannonriannon
12,161 Points
riannonriannon
riannonriannon
12,161 Points

answer is;

git commit -a -m "any comments"

Because there is -a flag, no need to type any document name. -a flag stands for "all"

emiliakubokirschenbaum
emiliakubokirschenbaum
8,816 Points
emiliakubokirschenbaum
emiliakubokirschenbaum
8,816 Points

Have you added your work first? Before you run a git commit, you have to run git add. This stages your changes for committing.

Yan Guo
Yan Guo
646 Points

Hi Emilia,

This is the first task I started and I didn't run git add. Does it matter?

Yan Guo
Yan Guo
646 Points

I finally got the write answer:

git commit -a -m "any comments"