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diff --git a/Documentation/git-commit.txt b/Documentation/git-commit.txt index 77604d0216..6203461f41 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 @@ -75,8 +76,10 @@ OPTIONS read the message from the standard input. --author=<author>:: - Override the author name used in the commit. Use - `A U Thor <author@example.com>` format. + Override the author name used in the commit. You can use the + standard `A U Thor <author@example.com>` format. Otherwise, + an existing commit that matches the given string and its author + name is used. -m <msg>:: --message=<msg>:: @@ -143,6 +146,10 @@ It is a rough equivalent for: ------ but can be used to amend a merge commit. -- ++ +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].) -i:: --include:: |