Reference git-commit-tree for env vars.

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

diff --git a/Documentation/git-commit.txt b/Documentation/git-commit.txt
index 53b64fa..d04b342 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/git-commit.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-commit.txt
@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@ git-commit - Record your changes
 SYNOPSIS
 --------
 [verse]
 SYNOPSIS
 --------
 [verse]

-'git-commit' [-a] [-i] [-s] [-v] [(-c | -C) <commit> | -F <file> | -m <msg>]
-          [-e] [--author <author>] [--] <file>...
+'git-commit' [-a] [-s] [-v] [(-c | -C) <commit> | -F <file> | -m <msg>]
+          [-e] [--author <author>] [--] [[-i | -o ]<file>...]

 
 DESCRIPTION
 -----------
 
 DESCRIPTION
 -----------


@@ -18,6 +18,10 @@ Updates the index file for given paths, or all modified files if
 VISUAL and EDITOR environment variables to edit the commit log
 message.
 
 VISUAL and EDITOR environment variables to edit the commit log
 message.
 

+Several environment variable are used during commits.  They are
+documented in gitlink:git-commit-tree[1].
+
+

 This command can run `commit-msg`, `pre-commit`, and
 `post-commit` hooks.  See link:hooks.html[hooks] for more
 information.
 This command can run `commit-msg`, `pre-commit`, and
 `post-commit` hooks.  See link:hooks.html[hooks] for more
 information.


@@ -73,15 +77,20 @@ OPTIONS
        commit the whole index.  This is the traditional
        behaviour.
 
        commit the whole index.  This is the traditional
        behaviour.
 

---::
-       Do not interpret any more arguments as options.
-
-<file>...::
+-o|--only::

        Commit only the files specified on the command line.
        This format cannot be used during a merge, nor when the
        index and the latest commit does not match on the
        specified paths to avoid confusion.
 
        Commit only the files specified on the command line.
        This format cannot be used during a merge, nor when the
        index and the latest commit does not match on the
        specified paths to avoid confusion.
 

+--::
+       Do not interpret any more arguments as options.
+
+<file>...::
+       Files to be committed.  The meaning of these is
+       different between `--include` and `--only`.  Without
+       either, it defaults `--only` semantics.
+

 If you make a commit and then found a mistake immediately after
 that, you can recover from it with gitlink:git-reset[1].
 
 If you make a commit and then found a mistake immediately after
 that, you can recover from it with gitlink:git-reset[1].