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Asked: 2026-05-17T18:30:58+00:00

I have a coding project that I would like to maintain at GitHub. I

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I have a coding project that I would like to maintain at GitHub.

I went to http://github.com and created an account.

I downloaded and installed Git on Windows 7 choosing the option to use it via the command line.

Through some googled tutorials I created an SSH key.

I’m following the following instructions:

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But when I get to “git commit…” I get the following error.

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What’s my next step? Who has been down this path and can help me out? Who knows of a git tutorial for windows 7 that will work so I can get going? All I want to do is get my code up, learn how to update it, and keep learning from there.

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  1. Editorial Team

    It’s Windows, use double quotes for your description:

    git commit -m "first commit"
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