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diff --git a/Documentation/git-commit.txt b/Documentation/git-commit.txt index 3fe7ef33cb..340c5fbb48 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-commit.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-commit.txt @@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ SYNOPSIS -------- [verse] 'git commit' [-a | --interactive | --patch] [-s] [-v] [-u<mode>] [--amend] - [--dry-run] [(-c | -C | --fixup | --squash) <commit>] + [--dry-run] [(-c | -C | --squash) <commit> | --fixup [(amend|reword):]<commit>)] [-F <file> | -m <msg>] [--reset-author] [--allow-empty] [--allow-empty-message] [--no-verify] [-e] [--author=<author>] [--date=<date>] [--cleanup=<mode>] [--[no-]status] @@ -87,11 +87,44 @@ OPTIONS Like '-C', but with `-c` the editor is invoked, so that the user can further edit the commit message. ---fixup=<commit>:: - Construct a commit message for use with `rebase --autosquash`. - The commit message will be the subject line from the specified - commit with a prefix of "fixup! ". See linkgit:git-rebase[1] - for details. +--fixup=[(amend|reword):]<commit>:: + Create a new commit which "fixes up" `<commit>` when applied with + `git rebase --autosquash`. Plain `--fixup=<commit>` creates a + "fixup!" commit which changes the content of `<commit>` but leaves + its log message untouched. `--fixup=amend:<commit>` is similar but + creates an "amend!" commit which also replaces the log message of + `<commit>` with the log message of the "amend!" commit. + `--fixup=reword:<commit>` creates an "amend!" commit which + replaces the log message of `<commit>` with its own log message + but makes no changes to the content of `<commit>`. ++ +The commit created by plain `--fixup=<commit>` has a subject +composed of "fixup!" followed by the subject line from <commit>, +and is recognized specially by `git rebase --autosquash`. The `-m` +option may be used to supplement the log message of the created +commit, but the additional commentary will be thrown away once the +"fixup!" commit is squashed into `<commit>` by +`git rebase --autosquash`. ++ +The commit created by `--fixup=amend:<commit>` is similar but its +subject is instead prefixed with "amend!". The log message of +<commit> is copied into the log message of the "amend!" commit and +opened in an editor so it can be refined. When `git rebase +--autosquash` squashes the "amend!" commit into `<commit>`, the +log message of `<commit>` is replaced by the refined log message +from the "amend!" commit. It is an error for the "amend!" commit's +log message to be empty unless `--allow-empty-message` is +specified. ++ +`--fixup=reword:<commit>` is shorthand for `--fixup=amend:<commit> +--only`. It creates an "amend!" commit with only a log message +(ignoring any changes staged in the index). When squashed by `git +rebase --autosquash`, it replaces the log message of `<commit>` +without making any other changes. ++ +Neither "fixup!" nor "amend!" commits change authorship of +`<commit>` when applied by `git rebase --autosquash`. +See linkgit:git-rebase[1] for details. --squash=<commit>:: Construct a commit message for use with `rebase --autosquash`. |