# When using git commit in a path with spaces, it prompts Cannot read "xxx": No such file or directory 2 messages from 2023-02-16 to 2023-03-27. Participants: L2750558108@outlook.com, Johannes Schindelin. Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/59255 ## L2750558108@outlook.com, 2023-02-16 16:09 Subject: When using git commit in a path with spaces, it prompts Cannot read "xxx": No such file or directory Message-ID: URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/BY5PR14MB35605DDFA6C7F6CD9DF89202B1A09%40BY5PR14MB3560.namprd14.prod.outlook.com ``` In Windows When using git commit in a path with spaces, it prompts Cannot read "xxx": No such file or directory Reduce: 1.Init a respository at "C:/te st"; 2.cd "C:/te st" 3.git add . 4.git commit 5.fatal: could not read 'C:/te': No such file or directory ``` ## Johannes Schindelin, 2023-03-27 08:28 Subject: Re: When using git commit in a path with spaces, it prompts Cannot read "xxx": No such file or directory Message-ID: URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/ca58a4a2-dd73-26f5-9d2f-13a658bbaa9b%40gmx.de In-Reply-To: ``` Hi, On Fri, 17 Feb 2023, L2750558108@outlook.com wrote: > In Windows > When using git commit in a path with spaces, it prompts Cannot read "xxx": No such file or directory > > Reduce: > 1.Init a respository at "C:/te st"; > 2.cd "C:/te st" > 3.git add . > 4.git commit > 5.fatal: could not read 'C:/te': No such file or directory I suspect that your Git version is basically super old, but I cannot know for sure because vital information has been omitted from this bug report. And I cannot reproduce (this was done in a PowerShell window): PS C:\> git init "te st" Initialized empty Git repository in C:/te st/.git/ PS C:\> cd "te st" PS C:\te st> git add . PS C:\te st> git commit On branch main Initial commit nothing to commit (create/copy files and use "git add" to track) PS C:\te st> git commit --allow-empty -m "works!" [main (root-commit) 0d51f36] works! PS C:\te st> In other words, Git has no problem with the space in the working directory's path. Ciao, Johannes ```