Documentation/merge-options.txt: order options in alphabetical groups

[git.git] / Documentation / git-commit.txt

diff --git a/Documentation/git-commit.txt b/Documentation/git-commit.txt
index 6203461f41865b2205520d86d9f3bb85629709cc..0578a40d841348b5ae484e1fe15ce637ecc4b830 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/git-commit.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-commit.txt
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ git-commit - Record changes to the repository
 SYNOPSIS
 --------
 [verse]
-'git commit' [-a | --interactive] [-s] [-v] [-u<mode>] [--amend]
+'git commit' [-a | --interactive] [-s] [-v] [-u<mode>] [--amend] [--dry-run]
           [(-c | -C) <commit>] [-F <file> | -m <msg>]
           [--allow-empty] [--no-verify] [-e] [--author=<author>]
           [--cleanup=<mode>] [--] [[-i | -o ]<file>...]
@@ -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'.
@@ -166,7 +165,7 @@ FROM UPSTREAM REBASE" section in linkgit:git-rebase[1].)
        '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
-       no paths need be specified, which can be used to amend
+       no paths need to be specified, which can be used to amend
        the last commit without committing changes that have
        already been staged.
 
@@ -198,6 +197,11 @@ 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.