Recognize that the wizard is inactive

Question

I use Github for Windows, and I have about ten repositories that I regularly commit to my local computer using the client. I'm used to everything that works great. However, today for one of my local repositories, I moved the .git file and folder to a new directory to move my local files (which I have done successfully many times before), and then re-opened Github to “find” the new directory. Since I did this today, all of my repositories have a Commit to Master button highlighted by the gray Github client, and I can’t do anything else.

I even went so far as to completely uninstall Github by uninstalling appdata and localappdata and then reinstalling the client. This removed all my repositories from the client. When I add one of my repositories back to the client, the Commit to Master button is still grayed out and cannot be selected.

Does anyone know what I did, or how can I fix it?

Answer 1

There are currently three conditions that must be true to enable this button.

• The client is currently not performing a git operation on the selected repository
• You entered a caption in the commit field
• You have selected at least one file.

Assuming that you are satisfied with the last two points, the logical conclusion is that the client is currently starting some type of long-term operation or initiating an operation that for some reason is running.

To understand this, I have to take a look at your log file. If you contact us via [e-mail] and include the log file , we can update this question when we look at it.