[PATCH 1/9] Documentation/git-commit.txt: describe --dry-run
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From: Junio C Hamano <hidden>
Date: 2016-06-15 22:47:15
Subsystem:
documentation, the rest · Maintainers:
Jonathan Corbet, Linus Torvalds
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <redacted> --- * Unchanged since the last round. Documentation/git-commit.txt | 13 +++++++++---- 1 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/git-commit.txt b/Documentation/git-commit.txt
index d01ff5a..64f94cf 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-commit.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-commit.txt@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ SYNOPSIS -------- [verse] 'git commit' [-a | --interactive] [-s] [-v] [-u<mode>] [--amend] [--dry-run] - [(-c | -C) <commit>] [-F <file> | -m <msg>] + [(-c | -C) <commit>] [-F <file> | -m <msg>] [--dry-run] [--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'.
@@ -70,6 +69,12 @@ OPTIONS Like '-C', but with '-c' the editor is invoked, so that the user can further edit the commit message. +--dry-run:: + Do not actually make a commit, but show the list of paths + with updates in the index, paths with changes in the work tree, + and paths that are untracked, similar to the one that is given + in the commit log editor. + -F <file>:: --file=<file>:: Take the commit message from the given file. Use '-' to
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