Question

How do I enter an exclamation point into a Git commit message from the command line?

It is possible to escape the exclamation point with a backslash, but then the backslash ends up in the commit message as well.

I want something like this:

git commit -am "Nailed it!"

Answer 1

Use single quotes instead of double quotes

git commit -am 'Nailed it!'

Alternatively, if you need to use double quotes for whatever reason but still want a literal ! then turn off history expansion at the top of your script via set +H