[--dry-run] [(-c | -C | --fixup | --squash) <commit>]
[-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] [-S[<keyid>]] [--] [<file>...]
+ [--date=<date>] [--cleanup=<mode>] [--[no-]status]
+ [-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`.
-e::
--edit::
The message taken from file with `-F`, command line with
- `-m`, and from file with `-C` are usually used as the
- commit log message unmodified. This option lets you
+ `-m`, and from commit object with `-C` are usually used as
+ the commit log message unmodified. This option lets you
further edit the message taken from these sources.
--no-edit::
-o::
--only::
- Make a commit only from the paths specified on the
+ Make a commit by taking the updated working tree contents
+ of the paths specified on the
command line, disregarding any contents that have been
- staged so far. This is the default mode of operation of
+ staged for other paths. 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
--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.