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diff --git a/Documentation/git-commit-tree.txt b/Documentation/git-commit-tree.txt index 02133d5fc9..ff73286509 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-commit-tree.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-commit-tree.txt @@ -9,7 +9,8 @@ git-commit-tree - Create a new commit object SYNOPSIS -------- [verse] -'git commit-tree' <tree> [(-p <parent commit>)...] < changelog +'git commit-tree' <tree> [(-p <parent>)...] < changelog +'git commit-tree' <tree> [(-p <parent>)...] [(-m <message>)...] [(-F <file>)...] DESCRIPTION ----------- @@ -17,7 +18,8 @@ This is usually not what an end user wants to run directly. See linkgit:git-commit[1] instead. Creates a new commit object based on the provided tree object and -emits the new commit object id on stdout. +emits the new commit object id on stdout. The log message is read +from the standard input, unless `-m` or `-F` options are given. A commit object may have any number of parents. With exactly one parent, it is an ordinary commit. Having more than one parent makes @@ -39,9 +41,17 @@ OPTIONS <tree>:: An existing tree object --p <parent commit>:: +-p <parent>:: Each '-p' indicates the id of a parent commit object. +-m <message>:: + A paragraph in the commit log message. This can be given more than + once and each <message> becomes its own paragraph. + +-F <file>:: + Read the commit log message from the given file. Use `-` to read + from the standard input. + Commit Information ------------------ @@ -78,15 +88,6 @@ for one to be entered and terminated with ^D. include::date-formats.txt[] -Diagnostics ------------ -You don't exist. Go away!:: - The passwd(5) gecos field couldn't be read -Your parents must have hated you!:: - The passwd(5) gecos field is longer than a giant static buffer. -Your sysadmin must hate you!:: - The passwd(5) name field is longer than a giant static buffer. - Discussion ---------- |