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authorLibravatar Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2011-05-16 16:47:10 -0700
committerLibravatar Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2011-05-16 16:47:10 -0700
commit7a77754cf6fde7b513da1283fe76179ffa930ecc (patch)
tree3923485c3d4f775b41c1907dca4cd9bbc4ab3c52 /Documentation
parentMerge branch 'sg/completion-updates' (diff)
parentTest atomic git-commit --interactive (diff)
downloadtgif-7a77754cf6fde7b513da1283fe76179ffa930ecc.tar.xz
Merge branch 'ci/commit--interactive-atomic'
* ci/commit--interactive-atomic: Test atomic git-commit --interactive Add commit to list of config.singlekey commands Add support for -p/--patch to git-commit Allow git commit --interactive with paths t7501.8: feed a meaningful command Use a temporary index for git commit --interactive
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
-rw-r--r--Documentation/config.txt7
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-commit.txt24
2 files changed, 20 insertions, 11 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt
index 285c7f73ca..1a060ecbc8 100644
--- a/Documentation/config.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config.txt
@@ -1310,9 +1310,10 @@ interactive.singlekey::
In interactive commands, allow the user to provide one-letter
input with a single key (i.e., without hitting enter).
Currently this is used by the `\--patch` mode of
- linkgit:git-add[1], linkgit:git-reset[1], linkgit:git-stash[1] and
- linkgit:git-checkout[1]. Note that this setting is silently
- ignored if portable keystroke input is not available.
+ linkgit:git-add[1], linkgit:git-checkout[1], linkgit:git-commit[1],
+ linkgit:git-reset[1], and linkgit:git-stash[1]. Note that this
+ setting is silently ignored if portable keystroke input
+ is not available.
log.date::
Set the default date-time mode for the 'log' command.
diff --git a/Documentation/git-commit.txt b/Documentation/git-commit.txt
index d0534b8c05..7951cb7b00 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-commit.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-commit.txt
@@ -8,11 +8,12 @@ git-commit - Record changes to the repository
SYNOPSIS
--------
[verse]
-'git commit' [-a | --interactive] [-s] [-v] [-u<mode>] [--amend] [--dry-run]
- [(-c | -C | --fixup | --squash) <commit>] [-F <file> | -m <msg>]
- [--reset-author] [--allow-empty] [--allow-empty-message] [--no-verify]
- [-e] [--author=<author>] [--date=<date>] [--cleanup=<mode>]
- [--status | --no-status] [-i | -o] [--] [<file>...]
+'git commit' [-a | --interactive | --patch] [-s] [-v] [-u<mode>] [--amend]
+ [--dry-run] [(-c | -C | --fixup | --squash) <commit>]
+ [-F <file> | -m <msg>] [--reset-author] [--allow-empty]
+ [--allow-empty-message] [--no-verify] [-e] [--author=<author>]
+ [--date=<date>] [--cleanup=<mode>] [--status | --no-status]
+ [-i | -o] [--] [<file>...]
DESCRIPTION
-----------
@@ -39,9 +40,10 @@ The content to be added can be specified in several ways:
that have been removed from the working tree, and then perform the
actual commit;
-5. by using the --interactive switch with the 'commit' command to decide one
- by one which files should be part of the commit, before finalizing the
- operation. Currently, this is done by invoking 'git add --interactive'.
+5. by using the --interactive or --patch switches with the 'commit' command
+ to decide one by one which files or hunks should be part of the commit,
+ before finalizing the operation. See the ``Interactive Mode`` section of
+ linkgit:git-add[1] to learn how to operate these modes.
The `--dry-run` option can be used to obtain a
summary of what is included by any of the above for the next
@@ -59,6 +61,12 @@ OPTIONS
been modified and deleted, but new files you have not
told git about are not affected.
+-p::
+--patch::
+ Use the interactive patch selection interface to chose
+ which changes to commit. See linkgit:git-add[1] for
+ details.
+
-C <commit>::
--reuse-message=<commit>::
Take an existing commit object, and reuse the log message