g commit fails

[dataf3l]

this should not happen:
$ g commit -m "add npm stuff, docs, fix spacing, fix warning, change warning color, improve docs, add npm installation to docs"

error: pathspec 'npm' did not match any file(s) known to git.
error: pathspec 'stuff,' did not match any file(s) known to git.
error: pathspec 'docs,' did not match any file(s) known to git.
error: pathspec 'fix' did not match any file(s) known to git.
error: pathspec 'spacing,' did not match any file(s) known to git.
error: pathspec 'fix' did not match any file(s) known to git.
error: pathspec 'warning,' did not match any file(s) known to git.
error: pathspec 'change' did not match any file(s) known to git.
error: pathspec 'warning' did not match any file(s) known to git.
error: pathspec 'color,' did not match any file(s) known to git.
error: pathspec 'improve' did not match any file(s) known to git.
error: pathspec 'docs,' did not match any file(s) known to git.
error: pathspec 'add' did not match any file(s) known to git.
error: pathspec 'npm' did not match any file(s) known to git.
error: pathspec 'installation' did not match any file(s) known to git.
error: pathspec 'to' did not match any file(s) known to git.
error: pathspec 'docs' did not match any file(s) known to git.

[dataf3l]

it happens because of the word add in the commit message, basically