Windows: avoid the "dup dance" when spawning a child process

diff --git a/Documentation/git-commit.txt b/Documentation/git-commit.txt
index b5d81be7ecd60daa1a1d476441ca58e6b732d9ef..5fb43f9320a71a50cdc36d3d5ce59ac1641dfd91 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/git-commit.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-commit.txt
@@ -8,10 +8,10 @@ git-commit - Record changes to the repository
 SYNOPSIS
 --------
 [verse]
-'git commit' [-a | --interactive] [-s] [-v] [-u<mode>] [--amend]
-          [(-c | -C) <commit>] [-F <file> | -m <msg>]
+'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>...]
+          [--date=<date>] [--cleanup=<mode>] [--] [[-i | -o ]<file>...]
 
 DESCRIPTION
 -----------
@@ -42,10 +42,9 @@ The content to be added can be specified in several ways:
    by one which files should be part of the commit, before finalizing the
    operation.  Currently, this is done by invoking 'git-add --interactive'.
 
-The 'git-status' 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 find a mistake immediately after
 that, you can recover from it with 'git-reset'.
@@ -70,6 +69,25 @@ OPTIONS
        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.
+
+--short::
+       When doing a dry-run, give the output in the short-format. See
+       linkgit:git-status[1] for details. Implies `--dry-run`.
+
+--porcelain::
+       When doing a dry-run, give the output in a porcelain-ready
+       format. See linkgit:git-status[1] for details. Implies
+       `--dry-run`.
+
+-z::
+       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.
+
 -F <file>::
 --file=<file>::
        Take the commit message from the given file.  Use '-' to
@@ -81,6 +99,9 @@ OPTIONS
        an existing commit that matches the given string and its author
        name is used.
 
+--date=<date>::
+       Override the author date used in the commit.
+
 -m <msg>::
 --message=<msg>::
        Use the given <msg> as the commit message.
@@ -198,6 +219,11 @@ specified.
 --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.
 
@@ -208,6 +234,8 @@ specified.
        these files are also staged for the next commit on top
        of what have been staged before.
 
+:git-commit: 1
+include::date-formats.txt[]
 
 EXAMPLES
 --------
@@ -319,7 +347,7 @@ ENVIRONMENT AND CONFIGURATION VARIABLES
 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
 -----