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Jaime Sandoval
Jaime Sandoval
7,083 Points
Posted by Jaime Sandoval
Jaime Sandoval
7,083 Points

Having issues with git commands and nano won't launch.

  1. When I run the empty git commit command, nano will not launch. Anyone else having the same issue?

  2. When I run the git log -p command, the shell does not give me the option to scroll through the output as in the video. It's ready for a different command, instead.

Can someone help me out? I really want to try the nano text editor and get a good feel for git.

Thanks.

2 Answers

Alexander Davison
Alexander Davison
65,469 Points
Alexander Davison
Alexander Davison
65,469 Points

Hello Jaime,

Does it launch any text editor at all? Perhaps it doesn't launch nano, but does it launch something like vi?

Jaime Sandoval
Jaime Sandoval
7,083 Points
Jaime Sandoval
Jaime Sandoval
7,083 Points

Hi, Alexander. To my knowledge, no editor is being launched, including Vi. The editor should display by itself when it receives an empty git commit, right? Thanks for responding, too.

Alexander Davison
Alexander Davison
65,469 Points

Are you using a local command line or are you using Treehouse's console/command line?