Merge branch 'rs/archive-excluded-directory' into maint

diff --git a/Documentation/git-commit.txt b/Documentation/git-commit.txt
index b0a294d3b5e13b853f6c2c60201c2458788d4f00..8c74a2ca035bf04c1838f584f450e7ec68e475d9 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/git-commit.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-commit.txt
@@ -29,7 +29,8 @@ The content to be added can be specified in several ways:
 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
+3. by listing files as arguments to the 'commit' command
+   (without --interactive or --patch switch), in which
    case the commit will ignore changes staged in the index, and instead
    record the current content of the listed files (which must already
    be known to Git);
@@ -41,7 +42,8 @@ The content to be added can be specified in several ways:
    actual commit;
 
 5. by using the --interactive or --patch switches with the 'commit' command
-   to decide one by one which files or hunks should be part of the commit,
+   to decide one by one which files or hunks should be part of the commit
+   in addition to contents in the index,
    before finalizing the operation. See the ``Interactive Mode'' section of
    linkgit:git-add[1] to learn how to operate these modes.
 
@@ -93,7 +95,7 @@ OPTIONS
 
 --reset-author::
        When used with -C/-c/--amend options, or when committing after a
-       a conflicting cherry-pick, declare that the authorship of the
+       conflicting cherry-pick, declare that the authorship of the
        resulting commit now belongs to the committer. This also renews
        the author timestamp.
 
@@ -110,14 +112,17 @@ OPTIONS
        `--dry-run`.
 
 --long::
-       When doing a dry-run, give the output in a the long-format.
+       When doing a dry-run, give the output in the long-format.
        Implies `--dry-run`.
 
 -z::
 --null::
-       When showing `short` or `porcelain` status output, terminate
-       entries in the status output with NUL, instead of LF. If no
-       format is given, implies the `--porcelain` output format.
+       When showing `short` or `porcelain` status output, print the
+       filename verbatim and terminate the entries with NUL, instead of LF.
+       If no format is given, implies the `--porcelain` output format.
+       Without the `-z` option, filenames with "unusual" characters are
+       quoted as explained for the configuration variable `core.quotePath`
+       (see linkgit:git-config[1]).
 
 -F <file>::
 --file=<file>::
@@ -191,11 +196,12 @@ whitespace::
 verbatim::
        Do not change the message at all.
 scissors::
-       Same as `whitespace`, except that everything from (and
-       including) the line
-       "`# ------------------------ >8 ------------------------`"
-       is truncated if the message is to be edited. "`#`" can be
-       customized with core.commentChar.
+       Same as `whitespace` except that everything from (and including)
+       the line found below is truncated, if the message is to be edited.
+       "`#`" can be customized with core.commentChar.
+
+               # ------------------------ >8 ------------------------
+
 default::
        Same as `strip` if the message is to be edited.
        Otherwise `whitespace`.
@@ -263,7 +269,8 @@ FROM UPSTREAM REBASE" section in linkgit:git-rebase[1].)
        If this option is specified together with `--amend`, then
        no paths need to be specified, which can be used to amend
        the last commit without committing changes that have
-       already been staged.
+       already been staged. If used together with `--allow-empty`
+       paths are also not required, and an empty commit will be created.
 
 -u[<mode>]::
 --untracked-files[=<mode>]::
@@ -457,7 +464,7 @@ 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 linkgit:githooks[5] for more
+`post-commit` and `post-rewrite` hooks.  See linkgit:githooks[5] for more
 information.
 
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