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

I got this error, and even though i used git config --global core.editor "code -w", it still wouldn't wait for me to close the file. It would just abort instantly.

My problem was that I had run this command earlier git config core.editor "code".

It seems that core.editor (which I presume is a local working directory specification), took precedence over --global core.editor.

If git config --global core.editor "code -w" (or whatever editor you are trying to use) does not work for you, try omitting the --global.