Merge branch 'nd/narrow' (early part) into jc/add-i-t-a

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

diff --git a/Documentation/git-commit.txt b/Documentation/git-commit.txt
index eb05b0f49b0c513581150415d1a4e679d7bfbea6..6203461f41865b2205520d86d9f3bb85629709cc 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/git-commit.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-commit.txt
@@ -29,7 +29,8 @@ The content to be added can be specified in several ways:
 
 3. by listing files as arguments to the 'commit' command, in which
    case the commit will ignore changes staged in the index, and instead
-   record the current content of the listed files;
+   record the current content of the listed files (which must already
+   be known to git);
 
 4. by using the -a switch with the 'commit' command to automatically
    "add" changes from all known files (i.e. all files that are already
@@ -94,7 +95,8 @@ OPTIONS
 
 -s::
 --signoff::
-       Add Signed-off-by line at the end of the commit message.
+       Add Signed-off-by line by the committer at the end of the commit
+       log message.
 
 -n::
 --no-verify::
@@ -144,6 +146,10 @@ It is a rough equivalent for:
 ------
 but can be used to amend a merge commit.
 --
++
+You should understand the implications of rewriting history if you
+amend a commit that has already been published.  (See the "RECOVERING
+FROM UPSTREAM REBASE" section in linkgit:git-rebase[1].)
 
 -i::
 --include::