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diff --git a/Documentation/git-commit.txt b/Documentation/git-commit.txt index 7951cb7b00..81853e9646 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-commit.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-commit.txt @@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ The content to be added can be specified in several ways: 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 + 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 @@ -132,11 +132,14 @@ OPTIONS -t <file>:: --template=<file>:: - Use the contents of the given file as the initial version - of the commit message. The editor is invoked and you can - make subsequent changes. If a message is specified using - the `-m` or `-F` options, this option has no effect. This - overrides the `commit.template` configuration variable. + When editing the commit message, start the editor with the + contents in the given file. The `commit.template` configuration + variable is often used to give this option implicitly to the + command. This mechanism can be used by projects that want to + guide participants with some hints on what to write in the message + in what order. If the user exits the editor without editing the + message, the commit is aborted. This has no effect when a message + is given by other means, e.g. with the `-m` or `-F` options. -s:: --signoff:: @@ -396,6 +399,15 @@ This command can run `commit-msg`, `prepare-commit-msg`, `pre-commit`, and `post-commit` hooks. See linkgit:githooks[5] for more information. +FILES +----- + +`$GIT_DIR/COMMIT_EDITMSG`:: + This file contains the commit message of a commit in progress. + If `git commit` exits due to an error before creating a commit, + any commit message that has been provided by the user (e.g., in + an editor session) will be available in this file, but will be + overwritten by the next invocation of `git commit`. SEE ALSO -------- |