git commit deleting all files in repo

Question

For the second time today git commit -m \"don\'t quit me now\" deletes my entire repo. So it goes:

$ git add .
$ git commit -m \"please, be gentle\"         


        

Answer 1

Since git status tells you that everything is staged for deletion, before doing anything else, reset the index to HEAD:

git reset HEAD

After doing this, git status should echo

no changes added to commit (use "git add" and/or "git commit -a")

Then, try again:

git add .
git commit -m "new try"