Merge branch 'maint-1.7.4' into maint-1.7.5

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

diff --git a/Documentation/git-commit.txt b/Documentation/git-commit.txt
index ec7b577b85ae5a320b1006380f5abd03946ba44b..d0534b8c05c5780a7f9debc664dd21af6739a3ec 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/git-commit.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-commit.txt
@@ -9,10 +9,10 @@ SYNOPSIS
 --------
 [verse]
 'git commit' [-a | --interactive] [-s] [-v] [-u<mode>] [--amend] [--dry-run]
-          [(-c | -C) <commit>] [-F <file> | -m <msg>] [--reset-author]
-          [--allow-empty] [--allow-empty-message] [--no-verify] [-e] [--author=<author>]
-          [--date=<date>] [--cleanup=<mode>] [--status | --no-status]
-          [-i | -o] [--] [<file>...]
+          [(-c | -C | --fixup | --squash) <commit>] [-F <file> | -m <msg>]
+          [--reset-author] [--allow-empty] [--allow-empty-message] [--no-verify]
+          [-e] [--author=<author>] [--date=<date>] [--cleanup=<mode>]
+          [--status | --no-status] [-i | -o] [--] [<file>...]
 
 DESCRIPTION
 -----------
@@ -70,10 +70,24 @@ OPTIONS
        Like '-C', but with '-c' the editor is invoked, so that
        the user can further edit the commit message.
 
+--fixup=<commit>::
+       Construct a commit message for use with `rebase --autosquash`.
+       The commit message will be the subject line from the specified
+       commit with a prefix of "fixup! ".  See linkgit:git-rebase[1]
+       for details.
+
+--squash=<commit>::
+       Construct a commit message for use with `rebase --autosquash`.
+       The commit message subject line is taken from the specified
+       commit with a prefix of "squash! ".  Can be used with additional
+       commit message options (`-m`/`-c`/`-C`/`-F`). See
+       linkgit:git-rebase[1] for details.
+
 --reset-author::
-       When used with -C/-c/--amend options, declare that the
-       authorship of the resulting commit now belongs of the committer.
-       This also renews the author timestamp.
+       When used with -C/-c/--amend options, or when committing after a
+       a conflicting cherry-pick, declare that the authorship of the
+       resulting commit now belongs of the committer. This also renews
+       the author timestamp.
 
 --short::
        When doing a dry-run, give the output in the short-format. See
@@ -201,10 +215,11 @@ FROM UPSTREAM REBASE" section in linkgit:git-rebase[1].)
 
 -u[<mode>]::
 --untracked-files[=<mode>]::
-       Show untracked files (Default: 'all').
+       Show untracked files.
 +
-The mode parameter is optional, and is used to specify
-the handling of untracked files.
+The mode parameter is optional (defaults to 'all'), and is used to
+specify the handling of untracked files; when -u is not used, the
+default is 'normal', i.e. show untracked files and directories.
 +
 The possible options are:
 +
@@ -212,9 +227,8 @@ The possible options are:
        - 'normal' - Shows untracked files and directories
        - 'all'    - Also shows individual files in untracked directories.
 +
-See linkgit:git-config[1] for configuration variable
-used to change the default for when the option is not
-specified.
+The default can be changed using the status.showUntrackedFiles
+configuration variable documented in linkgit:git-config[1].
 
 -v::
 --verbose::
@@ -383,12 +397,6 @@ linkgit:git-mv[1],
 linkgit:git-merge[1],
 linkgit:git-commit-tree[1]
 
-Author
-------
-Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org> and
-Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
-
-
 GIT
 ---
 Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite