'git-commit' [-a | --interactive] [-s] [-v] [-u]
[(-c | -C) <commit> | -F <file> | -m <msg> | --amend]
[--allow-empty] [--no-verify] [-e] [--author <author>]
- [--] [[-i | -o ]<file>...]
+ [--cleanup=<mode>] [--] [[-i | -o ]<file>...]
DESCRIPTION
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Add Signed-off-by line at the end of the commit message.
--no-verify::
- This option bypasses the pre-commit hook.
+ This option bypasses the pre-commit and commit-msg hooks.
See also link:hooks.html[hooks].
--allow-empty::
Usually recording a commit that has the exact same tree as its
- sole parent commit and the command prevents you from making such
- a mistake. This option bypasses the safety, and is primarily
- for use by foreign scm interface scripts.
+ 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.
+
+--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