reading log message from standard input

[hthappy]

Hi, Prompt "reading log message from standard input", always stuck in the interface, what is the reason?

Thanks & best regards.

[kotnik]

This happens when there are no commits in the repo. Easily reproduced with:

$ mkdir /tmpx && cd /tmp/x
$ git init
Initialized empty Git repository in /tmp/x/.git/
$ git shortlog -s -n --all
(reading log message from standard input)

[bushmusi]

It happens when you have commit history before,

[hfahlbusch]

It is' waiting for "input", you can enter directly in terminal. At the end you have to send an <EOF> character. On Mac OS it's CTRL-D to send.