Git commits via command-line fail, showing > symbol

I'm new to bash. After I've staged files to my local git repository and typed in the commands to commit:

 git commit -m "Descriptive message"

Git (or is it terminal?) stops dead, showing the

 >

symbol. It won't accept further commands and I have to exit the session and start a new one. Why does this happen?

2 Answers

Do you use quotes or some other special bash character inside your commit message? Be sure that it is a well-formed string. Try using apostrophes around the message.

The > means bash is waiting for another line of input, so you probably didn't close the commit message properly.

If still stuck, please post the exact command you are using.

How I can exit from this?

 Гостевой@DESKTOP-CGMJM55 MINGW64 /c/git/test_repo (main)
$ git push origin main: Git tag <tag's_name> <commit's_hash>/HEAD@{<commit'it reflog` when you'll know commit's hash:r commit after using `gi
fatal: invalid refspec 'HEAD@{0}:'
Гостевой@DESKTOP-CGMJM55 MINGW64 /c/git/test_repo (main)
$
Гостевой@DESKTOP-CGMJM55 MINGW64 /c/git/test_repo (main)
$ Git tag <tag's_name> <commit's_hash>/HEAD@{<commit's_num>}
> exit
> exit()
>
> q
> eq
>
>
>
> sdf