Task 4

It appears that you're forgetting to call "git" before the command line parameters. Use the following syntax, which should resolve the problem.

git commit -a -m "These are my changes"

This will essentially tell Git to stage files that have been modified/deleted via the "-a" parameter (skipping your need to manually stage the affected files), and then commit with your message via the -m parameter. Keep in mind that files you haven't added to Git (through "add" command) won't be staged/committed.

I hope this helps! Happy coding!

Thanks.

That code did not work either. how do I commit all changes?

Keep in mind that (as mentioned in original answer) the git commit -a -m "<message>" command will only stage and commit changes to files that you've already added to Git, using the "add" command. So, if you have untracked files that haven't been added yet, make sure you do that first, using "git add <path>". Here's a few commands that might help:

To see the status of files that are not tracked (in or below your current directory level), use the following command:

git status -u

To see only the status of files that are tracked, I often use the following command, which means show everything except untracked files.

git status -uno

Those commands should help you gain some insight to what is being tracked/no tracked. Once you get the untracked files added, the other command in the original answer git commit -a -m "<message>" should work fine.