Chris Stone <chrisjston...@gmail.com> writes: Hi Chris,
> I have always used double quotes for commit msgs. git commit -m > "message here" I also believe that is the expected format when using > -m That's not git's responsibility. -m wants gets a single argument but what that is depends on how your shell interprets what you've typed in on the command line. That said, -m "initial commit" might be the right string quoting for cmd.exe. With typical unix/posix shells, usually any of -m "initial commit" -m 'initial commit' -m initial\ commit will ensure that "initial commit" is interpreted as a single argument instead of two. Bye, Tassilo -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Git for human beings" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to git-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/git-users/878rbhpurv.fsf%40gnu.org.