The content to be added can be specified in several ways:
-1. by using gitlink:git-add[1] to incrementally "add" changes to the
+1. by using linkgit:git-add[1] to incrementally "add" changes to the
index before using the 'commit' command (Note: even modified
files must be "added");
-2. by using gitlink:git-rm[1] to remove files from the working tree
+2. by using linkgit:git-rm[1] 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 gitlink:git-status[1] command can be used to obtain a
+The linkgit:git-status[1] 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 gitlink:git-reset[1].
+that, you can recover from it with linkgit:git-reset[1].
OPTIONS
as well. This is usually not what you want unless you
are concluding a conflicted merge.
+-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,
+ 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
+ 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
--------
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 gitlink:git-add[1]. A file can be
+called the "index" with linkgit:git-add[1]. 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
this second commit would record the changes to `hello.c` and
`hello.h` as expected.
-After a merge (initiated by either gitlink:git-merge[1] or
-gitlink:git-pull[1]) stops because of conflicts, cleanly merged
+After a merge (initiated by either linkgit:git-merge[1] or
+linkgit:git-pull[1]) 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 gitlink:git-status[1]
+check which paths are conflicting with linkgit:git-status[1]
and after fixing them manually in your working tree, you would
-stage the result as usual with gitlink:git-add[1]:
+stage the result as usual with linkgit:git-add[1]:
------------
$ git status | grep unmerged
HOOKS
-----
-This command can run `commit-msg`, `pre-commit`, and
-`post-commit` hooks. See link:hooks.html[hooks] for more
+This command can run `commit-msg`, `prepare-commit-msg`, `pre-commit`,
+and `post-commit` hooks. See link:hooks.html[hooks] for more
information.
SEE ALSO
--------
-gitlink:git-add[1],
-gitlink:git-rm[1],
-gitlink:git-mv[1],
-gitlink:git-merge[1],
-gitlink:git-commit-tree[1]
+linkgit:git-add[1],
+linkgit:git-rm[1],
+linkgit:git-mv[1],
+linkgit:git-merge[1],
+linkgit:git-commit-tree[1]
Author
------
GIT
---
-Part of the gitlink:git[7] suite
+Part of the linkgit:git[7] suite