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

It expects a commit message.

For vim: ( I'm a newbie as well. I only worked with vim so far)

After your command,

git commit -v

You will be directed to a file with the name

".git/COMMIT_EDITMSG"

That opens up in your editor (which in my case is vim)

You will find a lot of commented text that looks exactly like what you saw when you did

git status  OR
git diff

If you notice, you can see an empty line on top - where it expects a commit message. You may type the commit message here and save & quit the editor. It's done!