SYNOPSIS
--------
[verse]
-'git-commit' [-a | --interactive] [-s] [-v] [-u]
- [(-c | -C) <commit> | -F <file> | -m <msg> | --amend]
- [--allow-empty] [--no-verify] [-e] [--author
<author>]
+'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>]
[--cleanup=<mode>] [--] [[-i | -o ]<file>...]
DESCRIPTION
-----------
-Use 'git commit' to store the current contents of the index in a new
-commit along with a log message describing the changes you have made.
+Stores the current contents of the index in a new commit along
+with a log message from the user describing the changes.
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
case the commit will ignore changes staged in the index, and instead
- record the current content of the listed files;
+ record the current content of the listed files (which must already
+ be known to git);
4. by using the -a switch with the 'commit' command to automatically
"add" changes from all known files (i.e. all files that are already
5. by using the --interactive switch with the 'commit' command to decide one
by one which files should be part of the commit, before finalizing the
- operation. Currently, this is done by invoking `git-add --interactive`.
+ operation. Currently, this is done by invoking 'git-add --interactive'.
-The linkgit:git-status[1] command can be used to obtain a
+The `--dry-run` option 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.
+commit by giving the same set of parameters (options and paths).
-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
-------
--a|--all::
+-a::
+--all::
Tell the command to automatically stage files that have
been modified and deleted, but new files you have not
told git about are not affected.
--c or -C <commit>::
- Take existing commit object, and reuse the log message
+-C <commit>::
+--reuse-message=<commit>::
+ Take an existing commit object, and reuse the log message
and the authorship information (including the timestamp)
- when creating the commit. With '-C', the editor is not
- invoked; with '-c' the user can further edit the commit
- message.
+ when creating the commit.
+
+-c <commit>::
+--reedit-message=<commit>::
+ 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
read the message from the standard input.
---author <author>::
- Override the author name used in the commit. Use
- `A U Thor <author@example.com>` format.
+--author=<author>::
+ Override the author name used in the commit. You can use the
+ standard `A U Thor <author@example.com>` format. Otherwise,
+ an existing commit that matches the given string and its author
+ name is used.
--m <msg>|--message=<msg>::
+-m <msg>::
+--message=<msg>::
Use the given <msg> as the commit message.
--t <file>|--template=<file>::
+-t <file>::
+--template=<file>::
Use the contents of the given file as the initial version
of the commit message. The editor is invoked and you can
make subsequent changes. If a message is specified using
the `-m` or `-F` options, this option has no effect. This
overrides the `commit.template` configuration variable.
--s|--signoff::
- Add Signed-off-by line at the end of the commit message.
+-s::
+--signoff::
+ Add Signed-off-by line by the committer at the end of the commit
+ log message.
+-n::
--no-verify::
This option bypasses the pre-commit and commit-msg hooks.
- See also link:hooks.html[hooks].
+ See also linkgit:githooks[5].
--allow-empty::
Usually recording a commit that has the exact same tree as its
'whitespace' removes just leading/trailing whitespace lines
and 'strip' removes both whitespace and commentary.
--e|--edit::
+-e::
+--edit::
The message taken from file with `-F`, command line with
`-m`, and from file with `-C` are usually used as the
commit log message unmodified. This option lets you
further edit the message taken from these sources.
--amend::
-
Used to amend the tip of the current branch. Prepare the tree
object you would want to replace the latest commit as usual
(this includes the usual -i/-o and explicit paths), and the
------
but can be used to amend a merge commit.
--
++
+You should understand the implications of rewriting history if you
+amend a commit that has already been published. (See the "RECOVERING
+FROM UPSTREAM REBASE" section in linkgit:git-rebase[1].)
--i|--include::
+-i::
+--include::
Before making a commit out of staged contents so far,
stage the contents of paths given on the command line
as well. This is usually not what you want unless you
are concluding a conflicted merge.
--o|--only::
+-o::
+--only::
Make a commit only from the paths specified on the
command line, disregarding any contents that have been
staged so far. This is the default mode of operation of
- 'git commit' if any paths are given on the command line,
+ 'git-commit' if any paths are given on the command line,
in which case this option can be omitted.
If this option is specified together with '--amend', then
- no paths need be specified, which can be used to amend
+ no paths need to be specified, which can be used to amend
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::
+-v::
+--verbose::
Show unified diff between the HEAD commit and what
would be committed at the bottom of the commit message
template. Note that this diff output doesn't have its
lines prefixed with '#'.
--q|--quiet::
+-q::
+--quiet::
Suppress commit summary message.
+--dry-run::
+ Do not create a commit, but show a list of paths that are
+ to be committed, paths with local changes that will be left
+ uncommitted and paths that are untracked.
+
\--::
Do not interpret any more arguments as options.
--------
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>`,
-which effectively reverts `git-add` and prevents the changes to
+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,
`git commit` (without any pathname parameter) is used to record what
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
The editor used to edit the commit log message will be chosen from the
GIT_EDITOR environment variable, the core.editor configuration variable, the
VISUAL environment variable, or the EDITOR environment variable (in that
-order).
+order). See linkgit:git-var[1] for details.
HOOKS
-----
This command can run `commit-msg`, `prepare-commit-msg`, `pre-commit`,
-and `post-commit` hooks. See link:hooks.html[hooks] for more
+and `post-commit` hooks. See linkgit:githooks[5] for more
information.
Author
------
Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org> and
-Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
+Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
GIT
---
-Part of the linkgit:git[7] suite
+Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite