The default git commit message is missing

Question

I have using cygwin on Windows 8.1 to run git and have

editor = "'C:/Program Files (x86)/Notepad++/notepad++.exe' -multiInst -nosession -noPlugin" 

in my .gitconfig file. Notepad++ comes up when I do a git commit command with no message but the file is empty. The default git commit message is missing so when I save the file I have to pick a name and the commit is aborted because git doesn't know where the message is. Any help would be appreciated.

Answer 1

I found the answer to my problem. Notepad++ comes up with a blank new file but if I open ~/.git/COMMIT_EDITMSG and type in my message it works fine. The default message is already in COMMIT_EDITMSG. I have to do the same thing if I do a revert. Cygwin puts in a different default message depending on what you are trying to do. Thanks for the help!