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@@ -180,8 +180,8 @@ OPTIONS
+
--
strip::
- Strip leading and trailing empty lines, trailing whitespace, and
- #commentary and collapse consecutive empty lines.
+ Strip leading and trailing empty lines, trailing whitespace,
+ commentary and collapse consecutive empty lines.
whitespace::
Same as `strip` except #commentary is not removed.
verbatim::
@@ -282,8 +282,15 @@ configuration variable documented in linkgit:git-config[1].
--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 '#'.
+ template to help the user describe the commit by reminding
+ what changes the commit has.
+ Note that this diff output doesn't have its
+ lines prefixed with '#'. This diff will not be a part
+ of the commit message.
++
+If specified twice, show in addition the unified diff between
+what would be committed and the worktree files, i.e. the unstaged
+changes to tracked files.
-q::
--quiet::
@@ -310,7 +317,7 @@ configuration variable documented in linkgit:git-config[1].
GPG-sign commit.
--no-gpg-sign::
- Countermand `commit.gpgsign` configuration variable that is
+ Countermand `commit.gpgSign` configuration variable that is
set to force each and every commit to be signed.
\--::