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diff --git a/Documentation/git-commit.txt b/Documentation/git-commit.txt index 2e62165fa9..b5d81be7ec 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-commit.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-commit.txt @@ -29,7 +29,8 @@ The content to be added can be specified in several ways: 3. by listing files as arguments to the 'commit' command, in which case the commit will ignore changes staged in the index, and instead - record the current content of the listed files; + record the current content of the listed files (which must already + be known to git); 4. by using the -a switch with the 'commit' command to automatically "add" changes from all known files (i.e. all files that are already @@ -94,7 +95,7 @@ OPTIONS -s:: --signoff:: - Add Signed-off-by line by the commiter at the end of the commit + Add Signed-off-by line by the committer at the end of the commit log message. -n:: @@ -165,7 +166,7 @@ FROM UPSTREAM REBASE" section in linkgit:git-rebase[1].) 'git-commit' if any paths are given on the command line, in which case this option can be omitted. If this option is specified together with '--amend', then - no paths need be specified, which can be used to amend + no paths need to be specified, which can be used to amend the last commit without committing changes that have already been staged. |