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    i cant understand the question is not clear enough

    Posted January 24, 2023 5:38am by thiago Ferreira
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  • Arcel Derosena
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    how do I commit a stage file with a message when the answer is git -m "Add chapter 1" ?

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  • Hammony Dube
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    Finally, commit the staged file, with a message of "Add chapter 1". Rather than letting Git launch an editor, specify y

    Posted March 29, 2021 12:04am by Hammony Dube
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  • Christian Espinosa
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    i don't know what it wants me to do

    Posted February 24, 2021 9:08pm by Christian Espinosa
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  • Thea Partin
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    Bummer: You don't need to pass any command-line options.

    Posted January 13, 2021 3:02pm by Thea Partin
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  • Axel Akeer
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    Finally, commit the staged file, with a message of "Add chapter 1". Rather than letting Git launch an editor, specify yo

    Posted December 22, 2020 7:47am by Axel Akeer
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  • Anita Hai
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    commit the staged file, with a message of "Add chapter 1". Rather than letting Git launch an editor, specify your commit

    Posted July 23, 2020 6:00pm by Anita Hai
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  • MOHAMED ELBIR
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    Initialize a new Git repo here in the current directory.

    Posted May 17, 2020 10:17am by MOHAMED ELBIR
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  • Leonard Howard
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    Check Work button just clocks

    Posted May 12, 2020 9:10pm by Leonard Howard
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  • Emily Strobl
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    First Commit Task 3

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  • Emily Strobl
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    Help please

    Posted May 11, 2020 4:12pm by Emily Strobl
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  • bentif
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    Finally, commit the staged file, with a message of "Add chapter 1". Rather than letting Git launch an editor, specify yo

    Posted January 17, 2020 10:30am by bentif
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  • Noelle Lewis
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    I thought when committing files you had to provide a message to go with it + that message had to be followed by a string

    Posted November 6, 2019 4:07pm by Noelle Lewis
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  • Quadria Freeman
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    Help with this error

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  • Kylie Turpin
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    Introduction to Git Challenge Task 4 of 4

    Posted May 15, 2019 12:38am by Kylie Turpin
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  • Raedawn Long
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    How to add the file chapter1.txt to the staging area for committing?

    Posted May 14, 2019 4:08am by Raedawn Long
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  • Theresa Greene
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    changing directories: I tried `cd ~/novel/` on my code quiz to change to the _novels_ directory but comes up as wrong.

    Posted February 17, 2019 7:43pm by Theresa Greene
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  • Marcell Ciszek
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    don't know what to type

    Posted October 12, 2018 3:49am by Marcell Ciszek
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  • cabbage one
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    We're working on our first novel, and we want to track our changes in Git. But

    Posted September 21, 2018 5:53am by cabbage one
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