[-F <file> | -m <msg>] [--reset-author] [--allow-empty]
[--allow-empty-message] [--no-verify] [-e] [--author=<author>]
[--date=<date>] [--cleanup=<mode>] [--[no-]status]
- [-i | -o] [-S[<keyid>]] [--] [<file>...]
+ [-i | -o] [-S[<key-id>]] [--] [<file>...]
DESCRIPTION
-----------
--cleanup=<mode>::
This option determines how the supplied commit message should be
cleaned up before committing. The '<mode>' can be `strip`,
- `whitespace`, `verbatim`, or `default`.
+ `whitespace`, `verbatim`, `scissors` or `default`.
+
--
strip::
Same as `strip` except #commentary is not removed.
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.
default::
Same as `strip` if the message is to be edited.
Otherwise `whitespace`.
--gpg-sign[=<keyid>]::
GPG-sign commit.
+--no-gpg-sign::
+ Countermand `commit.gpgsign` configuration variable that is
+ set to force each and every commit to be signed.
+
\--::
Do not interpret any more arguments as options.