Re: [git-users] Beginner stuck in a commit
On Tuesday, 7 August 2012 07:48:02 UTC+1, Philip Oakley wrote: I'd suggest that you set up your configuration to use Notepad++ (a lovely open source editor). There is a Stackoverflow page with details. Set up your .gitconfig (mine's in C:\Documents and Settings\Philip\.gitconfig) as [core] editor = 'C:\\Program Files\\Notepad++\\notepad++.exe' -multiInst -notabbar -nosession -noplugin If you're not confident setting this up, Github wrote a little program, available as a .exe from [1], which sets notepad as the default git editor. Antony [1]: https://github.com/blog/975-gitpad-write-your-commits-in-notepad -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Git for human beings group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/git-users/-/QJicouvpWxwJ. To post to this group, send email to git-users@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to git-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/git-users?hl=en.
Re: [git-users] Beginner stuck in a commit
- Original Message - From: Jeffery Brewer To: git-users@googlegroups.com Sent: Tuesday, August 07, 2012 3:57 AM Subject: [git-users] Beginner stuck in a commit I've slowly been trying to get git to work and just running into loads of problems. Using the windows bash I just tried to do a commit this evening and forgot to add a message (e.g. -m my work for today) and sent the bash into some sort of odd editing mode that I can't seem to get out of. I finally just closed the bash and opened a new bash and tried to commit and got all kinds of error messages with a prompt to type (R) to recover. Typed R to recover and it took me right back into the strange editing mode that I can't seem to get out of now. I've backed up all the files in the directory (sensing an impending catastrophe) but not sure what else to do at this point to get git running again. Any help would be appreciated. Others have mentioned that you are in one of those unfathomable Unix terminal editors ;-) Assuming/If you are on Windows... I'd suggest that you set up your configuration to use Notepad++ (a lovely open source editor). There is a Stackoverflow page with details. Set up your .gitconfig (mine's in C:\Documents and Settings\Philip\.gitconfig) as [core] editor = 'C:\\Program Files\\Notepad++\\notepad++.exe' -multiInst -notabbar -nosession -noplugin More detail... If I open a new bash in the directory and run git commit I'm getting this error message: E325: ATTENTION Found a swap file by the name .git\.COMMIT_EDITMSG.swp dated: Mon Aug 06 19:45:14 2012 file name: C:/Users/me/Documents/NetBeansProjects/foldername/.git/COMMIT_EDITMSG modified: YES user name: me host name: my computer process ID: 10368 While opening file .git\COMMIT_EDITMSG dated: Mon Aug 06 19:55:29 2012 NEWER than swap file! (1) Another program may be editing the same file. If this is the case, be careful not to end up with two different instances of the same file when making changes. Quit, or continue with caution. (2) An edit session for this file crashed. If this is the case, use :recover or vim -r .git\COMMIT_EDITMSG to recover the changes (see :help recovery). If you did this already, delete the swap file .git\.COMMIT_EDITMSG.swp to avoid this message. Swap file .git\.COMMIT_EDITMSG.swp already exists! -- More -- SPACE/d/j: screen/page/line down, b/u/k: up, q: quit -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Git for human beings group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/git-users/-/XE0-ivLyDtAJ. To post to this group, send email to git-users@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to git-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/git-users?hl=en. No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2012.0.2197 / Virus Database: 2437/5181 - Release Date: 08/06/12 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Git for human beings group. To post to this group, send email to git-users@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to git-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/git-users?hl=en.
Re: [git-users] Beginner stuck in a commit
Thanks very much for all the help. I'm going to play around with this tomorrow when I get back on the computer all that is on. On Tuesday, August 7, 2012 8:46:07 AM UTC-7, Peter J Weisberg wrote: On Mon, Aug 6, 2012 at 9:03 PM, Daniel P. Wright wrote: The default editor for git is vim, which is a sensible choice as its available on nearly every platform, but if you've never encountered it before it can seem a little... unusual. I'm not sure a text-editor is sensible if a newbie *can't figure out what it is*. The only reason to make it the default IMO is that it *is*available on every system (except Windows). On Windows, I think a sensible default would be Wordpad. Of course, no one asked me my opinion. :-) P.S.: Here's the minimum you need to know about vim: It starts in command mode To enter text, you need to be in insert mode Switch from command mode to insert mode by pressing i Switch from insert mode to command mode by pressing ESC In command mode: save by typing :w quit by typing :q save and quit by typing :wq quit without saving by typing :q! -PJ Gehm's Corollary to Clark's Law: Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Git for human beings group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/git-users/-/A2PMxmLnIJoJ. To post to this group, send email to git-users@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to git-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/git-users?hl=en.
Re: [git-users] Beginner stuck in a commit
Hello, Jeffery Brewer (Mon, Aug 06, 2012 at 07:57:13PM -0700) I've slowly been trying to get git to work and just running into loads of problems. Using the windows bash I just tried to do a commit this evening and forgot to add a message (e.g. -m my work for today) and sent the bash into some sort of odd editing mode that I can't seem to get out of. I finally just closed the bash and opened a new bash and tried to commit and got all kinds of error messages with a prompt to type (R) to recover. Typed R to recover and it took me right back into the strange editing mode that I can't seem to get out of now. I've backed up all the files in the directory (sensing an impending catastrophe) but not sure what else to do at this point to get git running again. Any help would be appreciated. The default editor for git is vim, which is a sensible choice as its available on nearly every platform, but if you've never encountered it before it can seem a little... unusual. A little more information on it is at the wiki page here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vim_(text_editor) And an introduction to its use can be found here: http://blog.interlinked.org/tutorials/vim_tutorial.html (First hit on google; I haven't read it so can't vouch for its quality) The gist of it is: Press i to enter insert mode, which will let you type. Press esc to exit that mode. In normal mode (after pressing esc) type :wq to write your changes to file and quit. More detail... If I open a new bash in the directory and run git commit I'm getting this error message: E325: ATTENTION Found a swap file by the name .git\.COMMIT_EDITMSG.swp dated: Mon Aug 06 19:45:14 2012 file name: C:/Users/me/Documents/NetBeansProjects/foldername/.git/COMMIT_EDITMSG modified: YES user name: me host name: my computer process ID: 10368 While opening file .git\COMMIT_EDITMSG dated: Mon Aug 06 19:55:29 2012 NEWER than swap file! (1) Another program may be editing the same file. If this is the case, be careful not to end up with two different instances of the same file when making changes. Quit, or continue with caution. (2) An edit session for this file crashed. If this is the case, use :recover or vim -r .git\COMMIT_EDITMSG to recover the changes (see :help recovery). If you did this already, delete the swap file .git\.COMMIT_EDITMSG.swp to avoid this message. Swap file .git\.COMMIT_EDITMSG.swp already exists! -- More -- SPACE/d/j: screen/page/line down, b/u/k: up, q: quit These warnings are vim warnings and not git ones. They're telling you that vim ended unexpectedly (when you force-closed the window) while you were editing a file, so there's a backup you can recover. Clicking recover opens the backup so that you can edit it again. Having said all this, you can change the text editor using the following command-line: git config --global core.editor notepad Obviously changing notepad to something more sensible first(!) Vim is a very good editor and I recommend learning it. I believe the Cream distribution is popular with Windows people: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cream_(software) It is an entirely separate thing from git however, and there is an argument for learning the two tools separately, in which case perhaps changing the editor to something you're more comfortable with until you feel happy with git would be a good idea. Dani. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Git for human beings group. To post to this group, send email to git-users@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to git-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/git-users?hl=en.
