FAQ: Basic Git Workflow - git commit

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This community-built FAQ covers the “git commit” exercise from the lesson “Basic Git Workflow”.

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FAQs on the exercise git commit

• Why is my git commit invalid?

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[davidofswefornia]

I honestly still don’t really understand what git commit is used for. Can I have another example?

[psmilliorn]

To describe the changes you made and reference them later either in the title or in the code itself. Imagine submitting a report to your boss. Then if your boss likes it, he will “push” the report. Push comes after commit.

[booga]

Hi, the exercise worked fine but can someone please explain the meaning of the text in bold:
[master (root commit) ba9349c]
1 file changed, 3 insertions (+)
create mode 100644 scene-1.txt

[cloudrockstar49818]

What does -m do and mean?

[krishgon]

For what is Git projects used for?

[mauj_mishra]

The ‘m’ is an option which stands for message. It enables us to provide a description for the commit that helps our teammates understand what happened.

[micro1289462670]

When committing a change in git, why isn’t the filename mentioned? How does it know what we are “committing”?

[mus19pro]

I don’t understand why commit message is prefered to be written in the present tense instead of past tense??

[digital0968730473]

Same here! Why use the present tense?