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diff --git a/Documentation/git-commit.txt b/Documentation/git-commit.txt index 2d695f619c..7bdb039d5e 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-commit.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-commit.txt @@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ SYNOPSIS [-F <file> | -m <msg>] [--reset-author] [--allow-empty] [--allow-empty-message] [--no-verify] [-e] [--author=<author>] [--date=<date>] [--cleanup=<mode>] [--status | --no-status] - [-i | -o] [--] [<file>...] + [-i | -o] [-S[<keyid>]] [--] [<file>...] DESCRIPTION ----------- @@ -101,12 +101,20 @@ OPTIONS When doing a dry-run, give the output in the short-format. See linkgit:git-status[1] for details. Implies `--dry-run`. +--branch:: + Show the branch and tracking info even in short-format. + --porcelain:: When doing a dry-run, give the output in a porcelain-ready format. See linkgit:git-status[1] for details. Implies `--dry-run`. +--long:: + When doing a dry-run, give the output in a the long-format. + Implies `--dry-run`. + -z:: +--null:: When showing `short` or `porcelain` status output, terminate entries in the status output with NUL, instead of LF. If no format is given, implies the `--porcelain` output format. @@ -180,6 +188,11 @@ OPTIONS commit log message unmodified. This option lets you further edit the message taken from these sources. +--no-edit:: + Use the selected commit message without launching an editor. + For example, `git commit --amend --no-edit` amends a commit + without changing its commit message. + --amend:: Used to amend the tip of the current branch. Prepare the tree object you would want to replace the latest commit as usual @@ -205,6 +218,9 @@ You should understand the implications of rewriting history if you amend a commit that has already been published. (See the "RECOVERING FROM UPSTREAM REBASE" section in linkgit:git-rebase[1].) +--no-post-rewrite:: + Bypass the post-rewrite hook. + -i:: --include:: Before making a commit out of staged contents so far, @@ -268,6 +284,10 @@ configuration variable documented in linkgit:git-config[1]. commit message template when using an editor to prepare the default commit message. +-S[<keyid>]:: +--gpg-sign[=<keyid>]:: + GPG-sign commit. + \--:: Do not interpret any more arguments as options. @@ -381,8 +401,10 @@ DISCUSSION Though not required, it's a good idea to begin the commit message with a single short (less than 50 character) line summarizing the change, followed by a blank line and then a more thorough description. -Tools that turn commits into email, for example, use the first line -on the Subject: line and the rest of the commit in the body. +The text up to the first blank line in a commit message is treated +as the commit title, and that title is used throughout git. +For example, linkgit:git-format-patch[1] turns a commit into email, and it uses +the title on the Subject line and the rest of the commit in the body. include::i18n.txt[] @@ -399,6 +421,15 @@ 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 -------- |