SYNOPSIS
--------
[verse]
-'git commit-tree' <tree> [(-p <parent>)...] < changelog
+'git commit-tree' <tree> [(-p <parent>)...]
'git commit-tree' [(-p <parent>)...] [-S[<keyid>]] [(-m <message>)...]
[(-F <file>)...] <tree>
emits the new commit object id on stdout. The log message is read
from the standard input, unless `-m` or `-F` options are given.
+The `-m` and `-F` options can be given any number of times, in any
+order. The commit log message will be composed in the order in which
+the options are given.
+
A commit object may have any number of parents. With exactly one
parent, it is an ordinary commit. Having more than one parent makes
the commit a merge between several lines of history. Initial (root)
OPTIONS
-------
<tree>::
- An existing tree object
+ An existing tree object.
-p <parent>::
- Each '-p' indicates the id of a parent commit object.
+ Each `-p` indicates the id of a parent commit object.
-m <message>::
A paragraph in the commit log message. This can be given more than
-F <file>::
Read the commit log message from the given file. Use `-` to read
- from the standard input.
+ from the standard input. This can be given more than once and the
+ content of each file becomes its own paragraph.
-S[<keyid>]::
--gpg-sign[=<keyid>]::
- GPG-sign commit.
+ 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::
Do not GPG-sign commit, to countermand a `--gpg-sign` option