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Luis Gutierrez
Python Development Techdegree Student 3,744 PointsWhen I type in the git commit -m, it shows: error: switch "m" requires a value?
for the nano text editing part.
1 Answer

Rich Donnellan
Treehouse Moderator 27,708 PointsYou need to provide a message.
Ex.: git commit -m "Initial commit"
Read more about it here: https://git-scm.com/docs/git-commit#Documentation/git-commit.txt-code--messageltmsggtcode