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I want to go to the git commit command prompt to add a multi-line message command line in windows. I am able to add commit in a single line using command but I want to add multiple lines of message.

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  • What have you set as your git editor? Commented Aug 9, 2021 at 14:33
  • I havent set it to anything. I want to add commit message to individual files Commented Aug 9, 2021 at 14:42
  • So you'd like to use git commit -m <msg> where msg spans multiple lines? Commented Aug 9, 2021 at 14:43
  • @matt it seems like the question revolves around git not kicking off to an editor, but rather passing multi-line -m value on the command line. Commented Aug 9, 2021 at 14:45
  • But if the editor is vim you're still on the command line. Commented Aug 9, 2021 at 14:53

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If you want to set a multiline message using -m, just pass in a multiline message as the value of that option. E.g., I can write (assuming a bash shell):

$ git commit -m $'This is\n\nThis is only a test'

And I get:

commit 676ffa32c7adf88e4abafdacf9ba55f9526cd454 (HEAD -> master)
Author: Lars Kellogg-Stedman <[email protected]>
Date:   Mon Aug 9 10:52:49 2021 -0400

    This is a test

    This is only a test

I could also write instead (assuming any posix-y shell):

$ git commit -m 'This is a test

This is only a test'

That results in the same thing.

If you're working with Powershell instead, you can probably do something similar.

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