Use of an exclamation mark in a Git commit message via the command line

Question

How do I enter an exclamation point into a Git commit message from the command line?

It is possible to escape the exclamation point with a backslash, but then the ba

Answer 1

Another way to solve that is to add a space after ! like:

git commit -am "Nailed it! "

Note the space between ! and the last ".

(The space won't be included in the commit message - Git trims trailing whitespace from commit messages automatically.)