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diff --git a/Documentation/git-commit.txt b/Documentation/git-commit.txt index 4261384..c3725b2 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-commit.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-commit.txt @@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ SYNOPSIS 'git-commit' [-a | --interactive] [-s] [-v] [-u] [(-c | -C) <commit> | -F <file> | -m <msg> | --amend] [--allow-empty] [--no-verify] [-e] [--author <author>] - [--] [[-i | -o ]<file>...] + [--cleanup=<mode>] [--] [[-i | -o ]<file>...] DESCRIPTION ----------- @@ -20,11 +20,11 @@ commit along with a log message describing the changes you have made. The content to be added can be specified in several ways: -1. by using gitlink:git-add[1] to incrementally "add" changes to the +1. by using linkgit:git-add[1] to incrementally "add" changes to the index before using the 'commit' command (Note: even modified files must be "added"); -2. by using gitlink:git-rm[1] to remove files from the working tree +2. by using linkgit:git-rm[1] 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 @@ -41,13 +41,13 @@ 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 gitlink:git-status[1] command can be used to obtain a +The linkgit:git-status[1] command 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. If you make a commit and then found a mistake immediately after -that, you can recover from it with gitlink:git-reset[1]. +that, you can recover from it with linkgit:git-reset[1]. OPTIONS @@ -95,6 +95,16 @@ OPTIONS from making such a commit. This option bypasses the safety, and is primarily for use by foreign scm interface scripts. +--cleanup=<mode>:: + This option sets how the commit message is cleaned up. + The '<mode>' can be one of 'verbatim', 'whitespace', 'strip', + and 'default'. The 'default' mode will strip leading and + trailing empty lines and #commentary from the commit message + only if the message is to be edited. Otherwise only whitespace + removed. The 'verbatim' mode does not change message at all, + 'whitespace' removes just leading/trailing whitespace lines + and 'strip' removes both whitespace and commentary. + -e|--edit:: The message taken from file with `-F`, command line with `-m`, and from file with `-C` are usually used as the @@ -160,7 +170,7 @@ EXAMPLES -------- When recording your own work, the contents of modified files in your working tree are temporarily stored to a staging area -called the "index" with gitlink:git-add[1]. A file can be +called the "index" with linkgit:git-add[1]. A file can be reverted back, only in the index but not in the working tree, to that of the last commit with `git-reset HEAD -- <file>`, which effectively reverts `git-add` and prevents the changes to @@ -219,13 +229,13 @@ $ git commit this second commit would record the changes to `hello.c` and `hello.h` as expected. -After a merge (initiated by either gitlink:git-merge[1] or -gitlink:git-pull[1]) stops because of conflicts, cleanly merged +After a merge (initiated by either linkgit:git-merge[1] or +linkgit:git-pull[1]) stops because of conflicts, cleanly merged paths are already staged to be committed for you, and paths that conflicted are left in unmerged state. You would have to first -check which paths are conflicting with gitlink:git-status[1] +check which paths are conflicting with linkgit:git-status[1] and after fixing them manually in your working tree, you would -stage the result as usual with gitlink:git-add[1]: +stage the result as usual with linkgit:git-add[1]: ------------ $ git status | grep unmerged @@ -277,11 +287,11 @@ information. SEE ALSO -------- -gitlink:git-add[1], -gitlink:git-rm[1], -gitlink:git-mv[1], -gitlink:git-merge[1], -gitlink:git-commit-tree[1] +linkgit:git-add[1], +linkgit:git-rm[1], +linkgit:git-mv[1], +linkgit:git-merge[1], +linkgit:git-commit-tree[1] Author ------ @@ -291,4 +301,4 @@ Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net> GIT --- -Part of the gitlink:git[7] suite +Part of the linkgit:git[7] suite |