git-commit-tree(1)
==================
-v0.1, May 2005
NAME
----
SYNOPSIS
--------
-'git-commit-tree' <tree> [-p <parent commit>]\ < changelog
+'git-commit-tree' <tree> [-p <parent commit>]\* < changelog
DESCRIPTION
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Normally a commit would identify a new "HEAD" state, and while git
doesn't care where you save the note about that state, in practice we
-tend to just write the result to the file `.git/HEAD`, so that we can
-always see what the last committed state was.
+tend to just write the result to the file that is pointed at by
+`.git/HEAD`, so that we can always see what the last committed
+state was.
OPTIONS
-------
An existing tree object
-p <parent commit>::
- Each '-p' indicates a the id of a parent commit object.
+ Each '-p' indicates the id of a parent commit object.
Commit Information
- committer name and email and the commit time.
If not provided, "git-commit-tree" uses your name, hostname and domain to
-provide author and committer info. This can be overridden using the
-following environment variables.
+provide author and committer info. This can be overridden by
+either `.git/config` file, or using the following environment variables.
GIT_AUTHOR_NAME
GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL
GIT_COMMITTER_NAME
GIT_COMMITTER_EMAIL
-(nb <,> and '\n's are stripped)
+(nb "<", ">" and "\n"s are stripped)
+
+In `.git/config` file, the following items are used for GIT_AUTHOR_NAME and
+GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL:
+
+ [user]
+ name = "Your Name"
+ email = "your@email.address.xz"
A commit comment is read from stdin (max 999 chars). If a changelog
-entry is not provided via '<' redirection, "git-commit-tree" will just wait
-for one to be entered and terminated with ^D
+entry is not provided via "<" redirection, "git-commit-tree" will just wait
+for one to be entered and terminated with ^D.
+
-see also: link:git-write-tree.html[git-write-tree]
+Diagnostics
+-----------
+You don't exist. Go away!::
+ The passwd(5) gecos field couldn't be read
+Your parents must have hated you!::
+ The password(5) gecos field is longer than a giant static buffer.
+Your sysadmin must hate you!::
+ The password(5) name field is longer than a giant static buffer.
+
+See Also
+--------
+gitlink:git-write-tree[1]
Author
GIT
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-Part of the link:git.html[git] suite
+Part of the gitlink:git[7] suite