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diff --git a/Documentation/git-commit.txt b/Documentation/git-commit.txt index 0eb79ccdba..05f8297368 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-commit.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-commit.txt @@ -137,6 +137,8 @@ OPTIONS -m <msg>:: --message=<msg>:: Use the given <msg> as the commit message. + If multiple `-m` options are given, their values are + concatenated as separate paragraphs. -t <file>:: --template=<file>:: @@ -172,16 +174,25 @@ OPTIONS linkgit:git-commit-tree[1]. --cleanup=<mode>:: - This option sets how the commit message is cleaned up. - The '<mode>' can be one of 'verbatim', 'whitespace', 'strip', - and 'default'. The 'default' mode will strip leading and - trailing empty lines and #commentary from the commit message - only if the message is to be edited. Otherwise only whitespace - removed. The 'verbatim' mode does not change message at all, - 'whitespace' removes just leading/trailing whitespace lines - and 'strip' removes both whitespace and commentary. The default - can be changed by the 'commit.cleanup' configuration variable - (see linkgit:git-config[1]). + This option determines how the supplied commit message should be + cleaned up before committing. The '<mode>' can be `strip`, + `whitespace`, `verbatim`, or `default`. ++ +-- +strip:: + Strip leading and trailing empty lines, trailing whitespace, and + #commentary and collapse consecutive empty lines. +whitespace:: + Same as `strip` except #commentary is not removed. +verbatim:: + Do not change the message at all. +default:: + Same as `strip` if the message is to be edited. + Otherwise `whitespace`. +-- ++ +The default can be changed by the 'commit.cleanup' configuration +variable (see linkgit:git-config[1]). -e:: --edit:: |