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Re: Total beginner question

From: Mike Melanson <mike_at_multimedia.cx>
Date: 2005-04-08 21:56:15 CEST

Mary Felkin wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Excuse me please, when I do :
> svn add help.txt
> I get :
> svn: warning: 'help.txt' is already under version control
> but when I then do :
> svn commit help.txt
> I get :
> --This line, and those below, will be ignored--
>
> A help.txt
> ~
> ~
> ~
> ~
> ~
> ~
> ~
> ~
> ~
> ~
> ~
> ~
> ~
> ~
> ~
> ~
> ~
> ~
> ~
> "svn-commit.tmp" 4L, 64C 1,0-1 All
>
>
> And then nothing, neither 'q' nor 'exit' nor 'quit' not 'stop'
> nor 'abandon' nor 'forget it' will let me have my screen terminal
> prompt back.
>
>
> I have to close the terminal window, and I don't think anything's
> been commited, either...
>
> Please help.

        Looks like 'vi' is set as your default editor. Not the most intuitive
choice. Exit using a colon ':', followed by 'q', then press enter. That
would commit a blank message. If you want a more sane editor without
having to become a total haX0r, set your editor to be GNU nano. Type
'which nano' to find the path to it, then type 'export
EDITOR=/path/to/nano'. You may wish to set this up in your .bash_profile
as well (this all assumes you are using the bash shell).

        Hope this helps...

-- 
	-Mike Melanson
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