Смотря что пишет: может прав нет, а может сначала спулить изменения просит
Initialized empty Git repository in /home/user/caw/mailcow-dockerized/.git/
user@DESKTOP-CA77D88:~/caw/mailcow-dockerized$ git add .
user@DESKTOP-CA77D88:~/caw/mailcow-dockerized$ git commit
Aborting commit due to empty commit message.
user@DESKTOP-CA77D88:~/caw/mailcow-dockerized$ git commit first
error: pathspec 'first' did not match any file(s) known to git
user@DESKTOP-CA77D88:~/caw/mailcow-dockerized$ git commit master
error: pathspec 'master' did not match any file(s) known to git