[verse]
'git commit' [-a | --interactive] [-s] [-v] [-u<mode>] [--amend] [--dry-run]
[(-c | -C) <commit>] [-F <file> | -m <msg>] [--reset-author]
- [--allow-empty] [--no-verify] [-e] [--author=<author>]
- [--date=<date>] [--cleanup=<mode>] [--] [[-i | -o ]<file>...]
+ [--allow-empty] [--allow-empty-message] [--no-verify] [-e] [--author=<author>]
+ [--date=<date>] [--cleanup=<mode>] [--status | --no-status] [--]
+ [[-i | -o ]<file>...]
DESCRIPTION
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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',
Show untracked files (Default: 'all').
+
The mode parameter is optional, and is used to specify
-the handling of untracked files. The possible options are:
+the handling of untracked files.
++
+The possible options are:
+
---
- 'no' - Show no untracked files
- 'normal' - Shows untracked files and directories
- 'all' - Also shows individual files in untracked directories.
---
+
See linkgit:git-config[1] for configuration variable
used to change the default for when the option is not
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.