6 git-commit-tree - Create a new commit object
12 'git commit-tree' <tree> [(-p <parent>)...] < changelog
13 'git commit-tree' [(-p <parent>)...] [(-m <message>)...] [(-F <file>)...] <tree>
17 This is usually not what an end user wants to run directly. See
18 linkgit:git-commit[1] instead.
20 Creates a new commit object based on the provided tree object and
21 emits the new commit object id on stdout. The log message is read
22 from the standard input, unless `-m` or `-F` options are given.
24 A commit object may have any number of parents. With exactly one
25 parent, it is an ordinary commit. Having more than one parent makes
26 the commit a merge between several lines of history. Initial (root)
27 commits have no parents.
29 While a tree represents a particular directory state of a working
30 directory, a commit represents that state in "time", and explains how
33 Normally a commit would identify a new "HEAD" state, and while git
34 doesn't care where you save the note about that state, in practice we
35 tend to just write the result to the file that is pointed at by
36 `.git/HEAD`, so that we can always see what the last committed
42 An existing tree object
45 Each '-p' indicates the id of a parent commit object.
48 A paragraph in the commig log message. This can be given more than
49 once and each <message> becomes its own paragraph.
52 Read the commit log message from the given file. Use `-` to read
53 from the standard input.
59 A commit encapsulates:
61 - all parent object ids
62 - author name, email and date
63 - committer name and email and the commit time.
65 While parent object ids are provided on the command line, author and
66 committer information is taken from the following environment variables,
77 (nb "<", ">" and "\n"s are stripped)
79 In case (some of) these environment variables are not set, the information
80 is taken from the configuration items user.name and user.email, or, if not
81 present, system user name and the hostname used for outgoing mail (taken
82 from `/etc/mailname` and falling back to the fully qualified hostname when
83 that file does not exist).
85 A commit comment is read from stdin. If a changelog
86 entry is not provided via "<" redirection, 'git commit-tree' will just wait
87 for one to be entered and terminated with ^D.
89 include::date-formats.txt[]
93 You don't exist. Go away!::
94 The passwd(5) gecos field couldn't be read
95 Your parents must have hated you!::
96 The passwd(5) gecos field is longer than a giant static buffer.
97 Your sysadmin must hate you!::
98 The passwd(5) name field is longer than a giant static buffer.
111 linkgit:git-write-tree[1]
115 Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite