Question

I am attempting to commit changes made locally to a remote repository using git-bash

git svn dcommit

results in

 <filename>: needs update
 update-index --refresh: command returned error: 1

I have tortoiseGIT installed on my machine, and if I do the commit by rightclicking my local repository and Git Commit -> Master…
then the commit works fine.

2 questions, is this the same as doing a git svn dcommit?

and, why am I getting the error from teh command line?

thanks in advance

Answer 1

I wasnt really aware of the order that I needed to do things to make a commit.

I now do the following steps to make a remote commit and it works fine:

git commit -a

I then add a note to the commit as prompted. I had trouble figuring out the VIM format, but the steps to add a note are press ‘i’ to get to ‘Insert’ mode. Add my note, press ‘esc’, type 😡 to save my note.

git svn dcommit

and Voila! everything works!