Edit: Summary: Every command entered in Git produces a hanging cursor which then says "bad input" if anything is typed before enter is pressed. No commands produce any results. I tried a fresh install with no results.
I am completely new to Git. No idea what I'm doing whatsoever. (I'm on a Mac)
I was following the basic instructions on the site:
touch README.md
git init
git add README.md
git commit -m "first commit"
git remote add origin git@github.com:aerovistae/MetPetDB-Mobile.git
git push -u origin master
But as soon as I type in "git init", the terminal hangs. I press enter, nothing happens, the prompt doesn't start a new line...it just starts a blank line with no blinking cursor. I press enter a second time, the prompt returns, having skipped a line in the terminal, and now waiting for my next command.
I don't really understand what's going on here, and I'm not sure if something's wrong or not.
EDIT:
Git was installed from the main downloads page.
http://git-scm.com/downloads
After I hit enter on git init
I get the blinking cursor on a blank new line, and after a moment I hesitantly typed in Testing
and hit enter again. It then spat out, on the next line, bad input: Testing
and showed me a new prompt.
I tried reinstalling, but to no avail. I try other git commands, like git config --global user.name "Meeeee"
But it doesn't matter. They all produce the same hanging.