Error pathspec first commit did not match any file s known to git

λ gulp commit
[gulp] Using file C:Userslotusprojectsgulpjscsgulpfile.js
[gulp] Working directory changed to C:Userslotusprojectsgulpjscs
[gulp] Running 'commit'...
[gulp] Finished 'commit' in 4.79 ms
[gulp] { [Error: Command failed: error: pathspec 'commit'' did not match any file(s) known to git.
] killed: false, code: 1, signal: null }
[gulp]  error: pathspec 'commit'' did not match any file(s) known to git.

[gulp] { [Error: Command failed: error: pathspec 'commit'' did not match any file(s) known to git.
] killed: false, code: 1, signal: null }
[gulp]  error: pathspec 'commit'' did not match any file(s) known to git.

[gulp] { [Error: Command failed: error: pathspec 'commit'' did not match any file(s) known to git.
error: pathspec 'node_modules' did not match any file(s) known to git.
] killed: false, code: 1, signal: null }
[gulp]  error: pathspec 'commit'' did not match any file(s) known to git.
error: pathspec 'node_modules' did not match any file(s) known to git.

[gulp] { [Error: Command failed: error: pathspec 'commit'' did not match any file(s) known to git.
] killed: false, code: 1, signal: null }
[gulp]  error: pathspec 'commit'' did not match any file(s) known to git.

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

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:

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

Was just doing that

The result is

git commit -m 'initial commit' C:Userslotusprojectsgulpjscsgulpfile.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:Userslotusprojectsgulpjscsgulpfile.js

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.

Thanks. And thanks for your work already building this.

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

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.

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:Userslotusprojectsgulpgittestgulpfile.js
[gulp] Working directory changed to C:Userslotusprojectsgulpgittest
[gulp] Running 'commit'...
[gulp] Finished 'commit' in 4.7 ms
git commit -m "initial commit" $'C:\Users\lotus\projects\repo\anothertest.txt'  C:Userslotusprojectsgulpgittest
git commit -m "initial commit" $'C:\Users\lotus\projects\repo\testfile.txt'  C:Userslotusprojectsgulpgittest
[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', {}));
});

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 ./

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:Userslotusprojectsrepo

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

C:Userslotusprojectsgulpgittest

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.

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…

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

Can you confirm that #7 works for you?