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+git-commit-script(1)
+====================
+v0.99.4, Aug 2005
+
+NAME
+----
+git-commit-script - Record your changes
+
+SYNOPSIS
+--------
+'git commit' [-a] [(-c | -C) <commit> | -F <file> | -m <msg>] <file>...
+
+DESCRIPTION
+-----------
+Updates the index file for given paths, or all modified files if
+'-a' is specified, and makes a commit object. The command
+VISUAL and EDITOR environment variables to edit the commit log
+message.
+
+OPTIONS
+-------
+-a::
+ Update all paths in the index file.
+
+-c or -C <commit>::
+ Take existing commit object, and reuse the log message
+ and the authorship information (including the timestamp)
+ when creating the commit. With '-C', the editor is not
+ invoked; with '-c' the user can further edit the commit
+ message.
+
+-F <file>::
+ Take the commit message from the given file. Use '-' to
+ read the message from the standard input.
+
+-m <msg>::
+ Use the given <msg> as the commit message.
+
+<file>...::
+ Update specified paths in the index file.
+
+
+Author
+------
+Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
+
+GIT
+---
+Part of the link:git.html[git] suite