git - Aborting commit due to empty commit message

Question

As a newbie git user, when I try to commit my work with

git commit -a -v

and I enter a commit message in my editor, I close the file, and get this error:

Aborting commit due to empty commit message.

I have read nearly all the topics addressing to this issue, changed editors, basically tried everything but nothing helps. What should I do?

One thing I noticed, while trying the whole process with notepad++, the file couldn't be saved.

A possible workaround is this:

git commit -am "SomeComment"

But by doing so I feel I am kind of nullifying the purpose of using git. I want to properly document my changes.

Answer 1

When you set an editor in the configuration of Git, make sure to pass the parameter "-w" to force Git to wait your commit message that you would type on your custom editor.

git config --global core.editor "[your editor] -w"