Merge branch 'jc/maint-push-doc-status' into maint

diff --git a/Documentation/git-commit.txt b/Documentation/git-commit.txt
index 3ea80c820fb404d7b00436f9820fe8701f056ebf..d227cec9ba566caa098c36e8c91b19a8a27fcae5 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/git-commit.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-commit.txt
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ SYNOPSIS
 --------
 [verse]
 'git commit' [-a | --interactive] [-s] [-v] [-u<mode>] [--amend] [--dry-run]
-          [(-c | -C) <commit>] [-F <file> | -m <msg>]
+          [(-c | -C) <commit>] [-F <file> | -m <msg>] [--reset-author]
           [--allow-empty] [--no-verify] [-e] [--author=<author>]
           [--cleanup=<mode>] [--] [[-i | -o ]<file>...]
 
@@ -69,6 +69,11 @@ OPTIONS
        Like '-C', but with '-c' the editor is invoked, so that
        the user can further edit the commit message.
 
+--reset-author::
+       When used with -C/-c/--amend options, declare that the
+       authorship of the resulting commit now belongs of the committer.
+       This also renews the author timestamp.
+
 -F <file>::
 --file=<file>::
        Take the commit message from the given file.  Use '-' to