Use a temporary index for git commit --interactive

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

diff --git a/Documentation/git-commit.txt b/Documentation/git-commit.txt
index 8f89f6f08c57335ea6606dd1eaddde98477e9c9e..ed50271aab4920a6135b8d8870ec22f45f2e779f 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/git-commit.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-commit.txt
@@ -41,7 +41,8 @@ The content to be added can be specified in several ways:
 
 5. by using the --interactive switch with the 'commit' command to decide one
    by one which files should be part of the commit, before finalizing the
-   operation.  Currently, this is done by invoking 'git add --interactive'.
+   operation.  Currently, this is done by invoking 'git add --interactive'
+   on a temporary index.
 
 The `--dry-run` option can be used to obtain a
 summary of what is included by any of the above for the next
@@ -84,9 +85,10 @@ OPTIONS
        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
@@ -396,12 +398,6 @@ 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