6 git-commit - Record your changes
11 'git-commit' [-a] [-s] [-v] [(-c | -C) <commit> | -F <file> | -m <msg>]
12 [-e] [--author <author>] [--] [[-i | -o ]<file>...]
16 Updates the index file for given paths, or all modified files if
17 '-a' is specified, and makes a commit object. The command
18 VISUAL and EDITOR environment variables to edit the commit log
21 This command can run `commit-msg`, `pre-commit`, and
22 `post-commit` hooks. See link:hooks.html[hooks] for more
28 Update all paths in the index file. This flag notices
29 files that have been modified and deleted, but new files
30 you have not told git about are not affected.
33 Take existing commit object, and reuse the log message
34 and the authorship information (including the timestamp)
35 when creating the commit. With '-C', the editor is not
36 invoked; with '-c' the user can further edit the commit
40 Take the commit message from the given file. Use '-' to
41 read the message from the standard input.
44 Override the author name used in the commit. Use
45 `A U Thor <author@example.com>` format.
48 Use the given <msg> as the commit message.
51 Add Signed-off-by line at the end of the commit message.
54 Look for suspicious lines the commit introduces, and
55 abort committing if there is one. The definition of
56 'suspicious lines' is currently the lines that has
57 trailing whitespaces, and the lines whose indentation
58 has a SP character immediately followed by a TAB
59 character. This is the default.
62 The opposite of `--verify`.
65 The message taken from file with `-F`, command line with
66 `-m`, and from file with `-C` are usually used as the
67 commit log message unmodified. This option lets you
68 further edit the message taken from these sources.
71 Instead of committing only the files specified on the
72 command line, update them in the index file and then
73 commit the whole index. This is the traditional
77 Commit only the files specified on the command line.
78 This format cannot be used during a merge, nor when the
79 index and the latest commit does not match on the
80 specified paths to avoid confusion.
83 Do not interpret any more arguments as options.
86 Files to be committed. The meaning of these is
87 different between `--include` and `--only`. Without
88 either, it defaults `--only` semantics.
90 If you make a commit and then found a mistake immediately after
91 that, you can recover from it with gitlink:git-reset[1].
97 `git commit` without _any_ parameter commits the tree structure
98 recorded by the current index file. This is a whole-tree commit
99 even the command is invoked from a subdirectory.
101 `git commit --include paths...` is equivalent to
103 git update-index --remove paths...
106 That is, update the specified paths to the index and then commit
109 `git commit paths...` largely bypasses the index file and
110 commits only the changes made to the specified paths. It has
111 however several safety valves to prevent confusion.
113 . It refuses to run during a merge (i.e. when
114 `$GIT_DIR/MERGE_HEAD` exists), and reminds trained git users
115 that the traditional semantics now needs -i flag.
117 . It refuses to run if named `paths...` are different in HEAD
118 and the index (ditto about reminding). Added paths are OK.
119 This is because an earlier `git diff` (not `git diff HEAD`)
120 would have shown the differences since the last `git
121 update-index paths...` to the user, and an inexperienced user
122 may mistakenly think that the changes between the index and
123 the HEAD (i.e. earlier changes made before the last `git
124 update-index paths...` was done) are not being committed.
126 . It reads HEAD commit into a temporary index file, updates the
127 specified `paths...` and makes a commit. At the same time,
128 the real index file is also updated with the same `paths...`.
130 `git commit --all` updates the index file with _all_ changes to
131 the working tree, and makes a whole-tree commit, regardless of
132 which subdirectory the command is invoked in.
137 Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org> and
138 Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
143 Part of the gitlink:git[7] suite