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diff --git a/Documentation/git-revert.txt b/Documentation/git-revert.txt index 2de67a5496..044276e9da 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-revert.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-revert.txt @@ -8,10 +8,8 @@ git-revert - Revert some existing commits SYNOPSIS -------- [verse] -'git revert' [--[no-]edit] [-n] [-m parent-number] [-s] <commit>... -'git revert' --continue -'git revert' --quit -'git revert' --abort +'git revert' [--[no-]edit] [-n] [-m parent-number] [-s] [-S[<keyid>]] <commit>... +'git revert' (--continue | --skip | --abort | --quit) DESCRIPTION ----------- @@ -24,12 +22,15 @@ from the HEAD commit). Note: 'git revert' is used to record some new commits to reverse the effect of some earlier commits (often only a faulty one). If you want to throw away all uncommitted changes in your working directory, you -should see linkgit:git-reset[1], particularly the '--hard' option. If +should see linkgit:git-reset[1], particularly the `--hard` option. If you want to extract specific files as they were in another commit, you -should see linkgit:git-checkout[1], specifically the `git checkout -<commit> -- <filename>` syntax. Take care with these alternatives as +should see linkgit:git-restore[1], specifically the `--source` +option. Take care with these alternatives as both will discard uncommitted changes in your working directory. +See "Reset, restore and revert" in linkgit:git[1] for the differences +between the three commands. + OPTIONS ------- <commit>...:: @@ -37,7 +38,7 @@ OPTIONS For a more complete list of ways to spell commit names, see linkgit:gitrevisions[7]. Sets of commits can also be given but no traversal is done by - default, see linkgit:git-rev-list[1] and its '--no-walk' + default, see linkgit:git-rev-list[1] and its `--no-walk` option. -e:: @@ -66,6 +67,13 @@ more details. With this option, 'git revert' will not start the commit message editor. +--cleanup=<mode>:: + This option determines how the commit message will be cleaned up before + being passed on to the commit machinery. See linkgit:git-commit[1] for more + details. In particular, if the '<mode>' is given a value of `scissors`, + scissors will be appended to `MERGE_MSG` before being passed on in the case + of a conflict. + -n:: --no-commit:: Usually the command automatically creates some commits with @@ -80,9 +88,19 @@ more details. This is useful when reverting more than one commits' effect to your index in a row. +-S[<keyid>]:: +--gpg-sign[=<keyid>]:: +--no-gpg-sign:: + GPG-sign commits. The `keyid` argument is optional and + defaults to the committer identity; if specified, it must be + stuck to the option without a space. `--no-gpg-sign` is useful to + countermand both `commit.gpgSign` configuration variable, and + earlier `--gpg-sign`. + -s:: --signoff:: Add Signed-off-by line at the end of the commit message. + See the signoff option in linkgit:git-commit[1] for more information. --strategy=<strategy>:: Use the given merge strategy. Should only be used once. @@ -94,6 +112,11 @@ effect to your index in a row. Pass the merge strategy-specific option through to the merge strategy. See linkgit:git-merge[1] for details. +--rerere-autoupdate:: +--no-rerere-autoupdate:: + Allow the rerere mechanism to update the index with the + result of auto-conflict resolution if possible. + SEQUENCER SUBCOMMANDS --------------------- include::sequencer.txt[] |