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Development Tools Git Basics Getting Started With Git Committing Changes

Posted by Tammy Burke
Tammy Burke
9,720 Points

Why is git commit -a README.md not the correct answer to the quiz question number 2? I am absolutely stumped.

Why??? What???

Tammy Burke
Tammy Burke
9,720 Points

From googling and trial and error, I got the answer right. Erhhgh.

2 Answers

wuworkshop
wuworkshop
3,429 Points

I just went through the challenge to see what it's asking, and for the second challenge they just want you to commit the README.md file along with a commit message. To do that, you type this:

git commit -m "Add README.md"

You already added the README.md file in the first challenge question so you don't need to use the -a flag. The -m flag is when you want to include your commit message.

And just as a hint for the last challenge question, you will need BOTH flags. :)

Tammy Burke
Tammy Burke
9,720 Points
Tammy Burke
Tammy Burke
9,720 Points

Thank you for your help. I only just realized that when you get one wrong, there's a hint. :)