[-F <file> | -m <msg>] [--reset-author] [--allow-empty]
[--allow-empty-message] [--no-verify] [-e] [--author=<author>]
[--date=<date>] [--cleanup=<mode>] [--status | --no-status]
- [-i | -o] [--] [<file>...]
+ [-i | -o] [-S[<keyid>]] [--] [<file>...]
DESCRIPTION
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When doing a dry-run, give the output in the short-format. See
linkgit:git-status[1] for details. Implies `--dry-run`.
+--branch::
+ Show the branch and tracking info even in short-format.
+
--porcelain::
When doing a dry-run, give the output in a porcelain-ready
format. See linkgit:git-status[1] for details. Implies
`--dry-run`.
+--long::
+ When doing a dry-run, give the output in a 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.
current tip -- if it was a merge, it will have the parents of
the current tip as parents -- so the current top commit is
discarded.
+
+--no-post-rewrite::
+ Bypass the post-rewrite hook.
+
+
--
It is a rough equivalent for:
commit message template when using an editor to prepare the
default commit message.
+-S[<keyid>]::
+--gpg-sign[=<keyid>]::
+ GPG-sign commit.
+
\--::
Do not interpret any more arguments as options.
Though not required, it's a good idea to begin the commit message
with a single short (less than 50 character) line summarizing the
change, followed by a blank line and then a more thorough description.
-Tools that turn commits into email, for example, use the first line
-on the Subject: line and the rest of the commit in the body.
+The text up to the first blank line in a commit message is treated
+as the commit title, and that title is used throughout git.
+For example, linkgit:git-format-patch[1] turns a commit into email, and it uses
+the title on the Subject line and the rest of the commit in the body.
include::i18n.txt[]
and `post-commit` hooks. See linkgit:githooks[5] for more
information.
+FILES
+-----
+
+`$GIT_DIR/COMMIT_EDITMSG`::
+ This file contains the commit message of a commit in progress.
+ If `git commit` exits due to an error before creating a commit,
+ any commit message that has been provided by the user (e.g., in
+ an editor session) will be available in this file, but will be
+ overwritten by the next invocation of `git commit`.
SEE ALSO
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