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authorConrad Irwin <conrad.irwin@gmail.com>2011-05-07 10:58:07 -0700
committerJunio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2011-05-09 17:02:33 -0700
commitb4bd466820ee272fccfefff1d23d64c7826d1d07 (patch)
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Add support for -p/--patch to git-commit
The --interactive flag is already shared by git add and git commit, share the -p and --patch flags too. Signed-off-by: Conrad Irwin <conrad.irwin@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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diff --git a/Documentation/git-commit.txt b/Documentation/git-commit.txt
index ed50271aab..7951cb7b00 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-commit.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-commit.txt
@@ -8,11 +8,12 @@ git-commit - Record changes to the repository
SYNOPSIS
--------
[verse]
-'git commit' [-a | --interactive] [-s] [-v] [-u<mode>] [--amend] [--dry-run]
- [(-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>...]
+'git commit' [-a | --interactive | --patch] [-s] [-v] [-u<mode>] [--amend]
+ [--dry-run] [(-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
-----------
@@ -39,10 +40,10 @@ The content to be added can be specified in several ways:
that have been removed from the working tree, and then perform the
actual commit;
-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'
- on a temporary index.
+5. by using the --interactive or --patch switches with the 'commit' command
+ to decide one by one which files or hunks should be part of the commit,
+ before finalizing the operation. See the ``Interactive Mode`` section of
+ linkgit:git-add[1] to learn how to operate these modes.
The `--dry-run` option can be used to obtain a
summary of what is included by any of the above for the next
@@ -60,6 +61,12 @@ OPTIONS
been modified and deleted, but new files you have not
told git about are not affected.
+-p::
+--patch::
+ Use the interactive patch selection interface to chose
+ which changes to commit. See linkgit:git-add[1] for
+ details.
+
-C <commit>::
--reuse-message=<commit>::
Take an existing commit object, and reuse the log message