Re: [BUG] Git won't commit

[Michael Witten <mfwitten@gmail.com>]

On Fri, Aug 12, 2011 at 17:13, Fabricio Nascimento <fabriciosn@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello Everybody,
>
> Hope this is the right place to send this bug report.
>
> It just appeared today, last time I've made a successful commit was 3 days
> ago. Now every commit, in no matter which repository I have (I've tried old
> ones, cloned today, github ones etc) fails with the following message.
>
> [master 09-mapas] git commit
> fatal: could not read 'template': No such file or directory
>
> It happens both with the stock git binary that came with Xcode 4.1 on OSX
> Lion (1.7.4.4) [/usr/local/bin/git], and the homebrew version (1.7.6)
> [/usr/bin/git].
>
> I haven't changed much of my system during those days besides installing
> macports and tinycdb (with ports). Don't see any close relation, both
> tinycdb and macports were removed.
>
> Curiously, it works well with the git binary that comes with Github.app for
> mac, whose version is 1.7.4.

What does the following output for you?

  git config --get commit.template