Aborting commit due to empty commit message

Question

As a newbie git user, when I try to commit my work with

git commit -a -v

and I enter a commit message in my editor, I close the file, and g

Answer 1

If you want to commit with a proper (long, multi-line comment) documentation, but don't want the -m option, what you can do (and that I do when preparing my commits) is to:

• write your documentation (while you are making the changes) in a separate file 'doc-commit' (or whatever name you want to call it)
• commit with a 'git commit -a -F /path/to/doc-commit')

In short, use a separate file (which can be at any path you want) as your commit message.