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 g

Answer 1

For commenting on Notepad++ (Windows) do this:

1. Create a batch file somewhere (e.g. c:\Users\me\scripts\npp.bat)
Write this in the batch file (depending on where your Notepad++ is installed):

"C:\Program Files\Notepad++\notepad++.exe" -multiInst -notabbar -nosession -noPlugin "$*"

2. Save the batch file.
3. Open .gitconfig (which is usually in your Windows User folder) and make sure that
under [core] section you have:

editor = '"c:\\Users\\me\\scripts\\npp.bat"'

Or either run:

git config --global core.editor '"c:\Users\me\scripts\npp.bat"'

4. Now perform commit of some kind, and it will open Notepad++, git commit will now wait until notepad++ window is closed.

Answer 2

I fixed the problem by switching from my fancy MacVim editor which opens a new window, to the standard default vim in /user/bin/vim which opens in the same window as the shell from whence it is called, and that seems to have fixed the problem.