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diff --git a/Documentation/git-commit.txt b/Documentation/git-commit.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..4622297ec9 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/git-commit.txt @@ -0,0 +1,430 @@ +git-commit(1) +============= + +NAME +---- +git-commit - Record changes to the repository + +SYNOPSIS +-------- +[verse] +'git commit' [-a | --interactive | --patch] [-s] [-v] [-u<mode>] [--amend] + [--dry-run] [(-c | -C | --fixup | --squash) <commit>] + [-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>...] + +DESCRIPTION +----------- +Stores the current contents of the index in a new commit along +with a log message from the user describing the changes. + +The content to be added can be specified in several ways: + +1. by using 'git add' to incrementally "add" changes to the + index before using the 'commit' command (Note: even modified + files must be "added"); + +2. by using 'git rm' to remove files from the working tree + and the index, again before using the 'commit' command; + +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 (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 + listed in the index) and to automatically "rm" files in the index + that have been removed from the working tree, and then perform the + actual commit; + +5. by using the --interactive or --patch switches with the 'commit' command + to decide one by one which files or hunks should be part of the commit, + before finalizing the operation. See the ``Interactive Mode'' section of + linkgit:git-add[1] to learn how to operate these modes. + +The `--dry-run` option can be used to obtain a +summary of what is included by any of the above for the next +commit by giving the same set of parameters (options and paths). + +If you make a commit and then find a mistake immediately after +that, you can recover from it with 'git reset'. + + +OPTIONS +------- +-a:: +--all:: + Tell the command to automatically stage files that have + been modified and deleted, but new files you have not + told git about are not affected. + +-p:: +--patch:: + Use the interactive patch selection interface to chose + which changes to commit. See linkgit:git-add[1] for + details. + +-C <commit>:: +--reuse-message=<commit>:: + Take an existing commit object, and reuse the log message + and the authorship information (including the timestamp) + when creating the commit. + +-c <commit>:: +--reedit-message=<commit>:: + 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. + +--squash=<commit>:: + Construct a commit message for use with `rebase --autosquash`. + The commit message subject line is taken from the specified + commit with a prefix of "squash! ". Can be used with additional + commit message options (`-m`/`-c`/`-C`/`-F`). See + linkgit:git-rebase[1] for details. + +--reset-author:: + When used with -C/-c/--amend options, or when committing after a + a conflicting cherry-pick, declare that the authorship of the + resulting commit now belongs of the committer. This also renews + the author timestamp. + +--short:: + 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`. + +-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. + +-F <file>:: +--file=<file>:: + Take the commit message from the given file. Use '-' to + read the message from the standard input. + +--author=<author>:: + Override the commit author. Specify an explicit author using the + standard `A U Thor <author@example.com>` format. Otherwise <author> + is assumed to be a pattern and is used to search for an existing + commit by that author (i.e. rev-list --all -i --author=<author>); + the commit author is then copied from the first such commit found. + +--date=<date>:: + Override the author date used in the commit. + +-m <msg>:: +--message=<msg>:: + Use the given <msg> as the commit message. + +-t <file>:: +--template=<file>:: + When editing the commit message, start the editor with the + contents in the given file. The `commit.template` configuration + variable is often used to give this option implicitly to the + command. This mechanism can be used by projects that want to + guide participants with some hints on what to write in the message + in what order. If the user exits the editor without editing the + message, the commit is aborted. This has no effect when a message + is given by other means, e.g. with the `-m` or `-F` options. + +-s:: +--signoff:: + Add Signed-off-by line by the committer at the end of the commit + log message. + +-n:: +--no-verify:: + This option bypasses the pre-commit and commit-msg hooks. + See also linkgit:githooks[5]. + +--allow-empty:: + Usually recording a commit that has the exact same tree as its + sole parent commit is a mistake, and the command prevents you + from making such a commit. This option bypasses the safety, and + is primarily for use by foreign SCM interface scripts. + +--allow-empty-message:: + Like --allow-empty this command is primarily for use by foreign + SCM interface scripts. It allows you to create a commit with an + empty commit message without using plumbing commands like + 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. + +-e:: +--edit:: + The message taken from file with `-F`, command line with + `-m`, and from file with `-C` are usually used as the + commit log message unmodified. This option lets you + further edit the message taken from these sources. + +--amend:: + Used to amend the tip of the current branch. Prepare the tree + object you would want to replace the latest commit as usual + (this includes the usual -i/-o and explicit paths), and the + commit log editor is seeded with the commit message from the + tip of the current branch. The commit you create replaces the + current tip -- if it was a merge, it will have the parents of + the current tip as parents -- so the current top commit is + discarded. + +--no-post-rewrite:: + Bypass the post-rewrite hook. + ++ +-- +It is a rough equivalent for: +------ + $ git reset --soft HEAD^ + $ ... do something else to come up with the right tree ... + $ git commit -c ORIG_HEAD + +------ +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:: + Before making a commit out of staged contents so far, + stage the contents of paths given on the command line + as well. This is usually not what you want unless you + are concluding a conflicted merge. + +-o:: +--only:: + Make a commit only from the paths specified on the + command line, disregarding any contents that have been + staged so far. This is the default mode of operation of + '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 to be specified, which can be used to amend + the last commit without committing changes that have + already been staged. + +-u[<mode>]:: +--untracked-files[=<mode>]:: + Show untracked files. ++ +The mode parameter is optional (defaults to 'all'), and is used to +specify the handling of untracked files; when -u is not used, the +default is 'normal', i.e. show untracked files and directories. ++ +The possible options are: ++ + - 'no' - Show no untracked files + - 'normal' - Shows untracked files and directories + - 'all' - Also shows individual files in untracked directories. ++ +The default can be changed using the status.showUntrackedFiles +configuration variable documented in linkgit:git-config[1]. + +-v:: +--verbose:: + Show unified diff between the HEAD commit and what + would be committed at the bottom of the commit message + template. Note that this diff output doesn't have its + lines prefixed with '#'. + +-q:: +--quiet:: + Suppress commit summary message. + +--dry-run:: + Do not create a commit, but show a list of paths that are + to be committed, paths with local changes that will be left + uncommitted and paths that are untracked. + +--status:: + Include the output of linkgit:git-status[1] in the commit + message template when using an editor to prepare the commit + message. Defaults to on, but can be used to override + configuration variable commit.status. + +--no-status:: + Do not include the output of linkgit:git-status[1] in the + commit message template when using an editor to prepare the + default commit message. + +\--:: + Do not interpret any more arguments as options. + +<file>...:: + When files are given on the command line, the command + commits the contents of the named files, without + recording the changes already staged. The contents of + these files are also staged for the next commit on top + of what have been staged before. + +:git-commit: 1 +include::date-formats.txt[] + +EXAMPLES +-------- +When recording your own work, the contents of modified files in +your working tree are temporarily stored to a staging area +called the "index" with 'git add'. A file can be +reverted back, only in the index but not in the working tree, +to that of the last commit with `git reset HEAD -- <file>`, +which effectively reverts 'git add' and prevents the changes to +this file from participating in the next commit. After building +the state to be committed incrementally with these commands, +`git commit` (without any pathname parameter) is used to record what +has been staged so far. This is the most basic form of the +command. An example: + +------------ +$ edit hello.c +$ git rm goodbye.c +$ git add hello.c +$ git commit +------------ + +Instead of staging files after each individual change, you can +tell `git commit` to notice the changes to the files whose +contents are tracked in +your working tree and do corresponding `git add` and `git rm` +for you. That is, this example does the same as the earlier +example if there is no other change in your working tree: + +------------ +$ edit hello.c +$ rm goodbye.c +$ git commit -a +------------ + +The command `git commit -a` first looks at your working tree, +notices that you have modified hello.c and removed goodbye.c, +and performs necessary `git add` and `git rm` for you. + +After staging changes to many files, you can alter the order the +changes are recorded in, by giving pathnames to `git commit`. +When pathnames are given, the command makes a commit that +only records the changes made to the named paths: + +------------ +$ edit hello.c hello.h +$ git add hello.c hello.h +$ edit Makefile +$ git commit Makefile +------------ + +This makes a commit that records the modification to `Makefile`. +The changes staged for `hello.c` and `hello.h` are not included +in the resulting commit. However, their changes are not lost -- +they are still staged and merely held back. After the above +sequence, if you do: + +------------ +$ git commit +------------ + +this second commit would record the changes to `hello.c` and +`hello.h` as expected. + +After a merge (initiated by 'git merge' or 'git pull') stops +because of conflicts, cleanly merged +paths are already staged to be committed for you, and paths that +conflicted are left in unmerged state. You would have to first +check which paths are conflicting with 'git status' +and after fixing them manually in your working tree, you would +stage the result as usual with 'git add': + +------------ +$ git status | grep unmerged +unmerged: hello.c +$ edit hello.c +$ git add hello.c +------------ + +After resolving conflicts and staging the result, `git ls-files -u` +would stop mentioning the conflicted path. When you are done, +run `git commit` to finally record the merge: + +------------ +$ git commit +------------ + +As with the case to record your own changes, you can use `-a` +option to save typing. One difference is that during a merge +resolution, you cannot use `git commit` with pathnames to +alter the order the changes are committed, because the merge +should be recorded as a single commit. In fact, the command +refuses to run when given pathnames (but see `-i` option). + + +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. + +include::i18n.txt[] + +ENVIRONMENT AND CONFIGURATION VARIABLES +--------------------------------------- +The editor used to edit the commit log message will be chosen from the +GIT_EDITOR environment variable, the core.editor configuration variable, the +VISUAL environment variable, or the EDITOR environment variable (in that +order). See linkgit:git-var[1] for details. + +HOOKS +----- +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 +-------- +linkgit:git-add[1], +linkgit:git-rm[1], +linkgit:git-mv[1], +linkgit:git-merge[1], +linkgit:git-commit-tree[1] + +GIT +--- +Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite |