error: pathspec 'commit'' did not match any file(s) known to git.

[isimmons]

error: pathspec 'commit'' did not match any file(s) known to git.

[stephenlacy]

Can you enter the node_modules/gulp-git/lib and edit commit.js with the following?

Right directly under line 12:

 var cmd = "git commit -m " + escape([message, file.path]) + " " + opt.args;

Add this:

console.log(cmd);

And post the results from the gulp log here?
It may be the UNIX vs win characters escaped in shell-escape

[isimmons]

Was just doing that :-)

The result is

git commit -m 'initial commit' C:\Users\lotus\projects\gulpjscs\gulpfile.js

Copy/pasting that in the cli gives me the same message but it works if I use double quotes around the message

git commit -m "initial commit" C:\Users\lotus\projects\gulpjscs\gulpfile.js

[stephenlacy]

Ah yes!
I now remember that the time (only time ;) ) I was using git on windows I Needed to use the double quotes.
I will need to manually add that in instead of using shell-escape, I hope to get it done shortly.
Thanks for noticing it.

[isimmons]

Thanks. And thanks for your work already building this.

[stephenlacy]

Can you check to see if my latest publish fixed it?

[stephenlacy]

Updates?

[isimmons]

So sorry I got off doing other things and didn't realize you had replied back. Yes I will definitely check it in the morning.

[isimmons]

Not working for me. Something with the file.cwd now. I added a console.log( cmd, file.cwd); at line 13 in commit.js . Here is what I get.

λ gulp commit
[gulp] Using file C:\Users\lotus\projects\gulpgittest\gulpfile.js
[gulp] Working directory changed to C:\Users\lotus\projects\gulpgittest
[gulp] Running 'commit'...
[gulp] Finished 'commit' in 4.7 ms
git commit -m "initial commit" $'C:\\Users\\lotus\\projects\\repo\\anothertest.txt'  C:\Users\lotus\projects\gulpgittest
git commit -m "initial commit" $'C:\\Users\\lotus\\projects\\repo\\testfile.txt'  C:\Users\lotus\projects\gulpgittest
[gulp] { [Error: Command failed: fatal: Not a git repository (or any of the parent directories): .git
] killed: false, code: 128, signal: null }
[gulp]  fatal: Not a git repository (or any of the parent directories): .git

[gulp] { [Error: Command failed: fatal: Not a git repository (or any of the parent directories): .git
] killed: false, code: 128, signal: null }
[gulp]  fatal: Not a git repository (or any of the parent directories): .git

Here's the task

gulp.task('commit', function() {
    gulp.src('../repo/*')
        .pipe(git.commit('initial commit', {}));
});

[stephenlacy]

Did you run git init in the other dir, or this one?

Windows may only allow in path git. Such as the git folder in local ./

[isimmons]

I made a directory 'repo' next to 'gulpgittest'

Then in repo

git init
touch testfile.txt
git add .
git commit -m "manually running git commands'

git repo is initialized and testfile.txt added and commited correctly

Then

touch anothertestfile.txt
git add .
git status //shows file added and ready for commit
cd ../gulpgittest
gulp commit

Am I misunderstanding? I'm thinking file.cwd should be

C:\Users\lotus\projects\repo

But instead it is the same directory the gulpfile is running from (same as cwd)

C:\Users\lotus\projects\gulpgittest

[isimmons]

If I initialize a git repo inside gulpgittest it tells me the file is outside the repo so it is trying to run git commit in the local ./

I may be misunderstanding the purpose of this plugin. Is it intended to be inside the actual repo? I was thinking I could use it to run git commands on another directory. That way I could copy files from this directory to a separate repo and then run the git commands on that repo without leaving this directory. That way it can be used as part of a deploy process where the actual repo is outside the project.

[stephenlacy]

I will look into the issue, it is designed to allow any folder and look for git from that files cwd, not just the local.
Unless I need to monkey patch it for windows...

[isimmons]

Ok, I'll keep messing around with it and let you know if I figure out anything. Thanks

[stephenlacy]

Can you confirm that #7 works for you?

[stephenlacy]

Can you check now?