SYNOPSIS
--------
[verse]
-'git-commit' [-a | --interactive] [-s] [-v] [-u] [--amend]
+'git commit' [-a | --interactive] [-s] [-v] [-u<mode>] [--amend]
[(-c | -C) <commit>] [-F <file> | -m <msg>]
[--allow-empty] [--no-verify] [-e] [--author=<author>]
[--cleanup=<mode>] [--] [[-i | -o ]<file>...]
The content to be added can be specified in several ways:
-1. by using linkgit:git-add[1] to incrementally "add" changes to the
+1. by using `git-add` to incrementally "add" changes to the
index before using the 'commit' command (Note: even modified
files must be "added");
-2. by using linkgit:git-rm[1] to remove files from the working tree
+2. by using `git-rm` to remove files from the working tree
and the index, again before using the 'commit' command;
3. by listing files as arguments to the 'commit' command, in which
by one which files should be part of the commit, before finalizing the
operation. Currently, this is done by invoking `git-add --interactive`.
-The linkgit:git-status[1] command can be used to obtain a
+The `git-status` command can be used to obtain a
summary of what is included by any of the above for the next
commit by giving the same set of parameters you would give to
this command.
-If you make a commit and then found a mistake immediately after
-that, you can recover from it with linkgit:git-reset[1].
+If you make a commit and then find a mistake immediately after
+that, you can recover from it with `git-reset`.
OPTIONS
-n::
--no-verify::
This option bypasses the pre-commit and commit-msg hooks.
- See also linkgit:githooks[5][hooks].
+ See also linkgit:githooks[5].
--allow-empty::
Usually recording a commit that has the exact same tree as its
the last commit without committing changes that have
already been staged.
--u::
---untracked-files::
- Show all untracked files, also those in uninteresting
- directories, in the "Untracked files:" section of commit
- message template. Without this option only its name and
- a trailing slash are displayed for each untracked
- directory.
+-u[<mode>]::
+--untracked-files[=<mode>]::
+ Show untracked files (Default: 'all').
++
+The mode parameter is optional, and is used to specify
+the handling of untracked files. The possible options are:
++
+--
+ - 'no' - Show no untracked files
+ - 'normal' - Shows untracked files and directories
+ - 'all' - Also shows individual files in untracked directories.
+--
++
+See linkgit:git-config[1] for configuration variable
+used to change the default for when the option is not
+specified.
-v::
--verbose::
--------
When recording your own work, the contents of modified files in
your working tree are temporarily stored to a staging area
-called the "index" with linkgit:git-add[1]. A file can be
+called the "index" with `git-add`. A file can be
reverted back, only in the index but not in the working tree,
-to that of the last commit with `git-reset HEAD -- <file>`,
+to that of the last commit with `git reset HEAD -- <file>`,
which effectively reverts `git-add` and prevents the changes to
this file from participating in the next commit. After building
the state to be committed incrementally with these commands,
this second commit would record the changes to `hello.c` and
`hello.h` as expected.
-After a merge (initiated by either linkgit:git-merge[1] or
-linkgit:git-pull[1]) stops because of conflicts, cleanly merged
+After a merge (initiated by `git-merge` or `git-pull`) stops
+because of conflicts, cleanly merged
paths are already staged to be committed for you, and paths that
conflicted are left in unmerged state. You would have to first
-check which paths are conflicting with linkgit:git-status[1]
+check which paths are conflicting with `git-status`
and after fixing them manually in your working tree, you would
-stage the result as usual with linkgit:git-add[1]:
+stage the result as usual with `git-add`:
------------
$ git status | grep unmerged
HOOKS
-----
This command can run `commit-msg`, `prepare-commit-msg`, `pre-commit`,
-and `post-commit` hooks. See linkgit:githooks[5][hooks] for more
+and `post-commit` hooks. See linkgit:githooks[5] for more
information.