Merge branch 'maint-1.7.1' into maint-1.7.2

diff --git a/Documentation/git-commit.txt b/Documentation/git-commit.txt
index 69eb86e4506411b0d8029f849fd4ebff47166d05..ec7b577b85ae5a320b1006380f5abd03946ba44b 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/git-commit.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-commit.txt
@@ -10,9 +10,9 @@ SYNOPSIS
 [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>] [--status | --no-status] [--]
-          [[-i | -o ]<file>...]
+          [--allow-empty] [--allow-empty-message] [--no-verify] [-e] [--author=<author>]
+          [--date=<date>] [--cleanup=<mode>] [--status | --no-status]
+          [-i | -o] [--] [<file>...]
 
 DESCRIPTION
 -----------
@@ -130,7 +130,13 @@ OPTIONS
        Usually recording a commit that has the exact same tree as its
        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.
+       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.