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

git config --global core.editor "subl -w" -F 

This helped me after lots and lots of trial and error, hope someone finds it useful.

I had already symlinked sublime 3 to use as subl command.

I am completely clueless, for why -F flag outside the " " worked.