Shell script helper for git commits

Question

I'm trying to write a simple shell script that simplifies the git commit process.

Instead of

git add . -A
git commit -m "message"
git push

I want to do commit.sh "my commit message"

Here's what I have:

#!/bin/bash
commit_message="$1"
git add . -A
git commit -m $commit_message
git push

There's two problems with this:

1. When the commit message includes spaces, like "my commit message", I get the following output:

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

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

   So the only part of the commit message it uses is the "my" and the other parts "commit message" are left out.

2. I think git add . references the location of the shell script, not the current project directory. How do I make it so that git add . references where I currently am in the terminal?

Answer 1

You must quote the variable in your script.

#!/bin/bash -e
commit_message="$1"
git add . -A
git commit -m "$commit_message"
git push

I also set "-e" so that if there are any errors, the script will exit without processing subsequent commands.

As to your second question, the . in the script should refer to your current working directory, as you intend. However the -A is causing it to add all files that have been modiied in the repo.