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authorJunio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2008-04-11 23:55:55 -0700
committerJunio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2008-04-11 23:55:55 -0700
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Merge branch 'maint-1.5.4' into maint
* maint-1.5.4: bisect: fix bad rev checking in "git bisect good" revision.c: make --date-order overriddable Fix section about backdating tags in the git-tag docs Document option --only of git commit Documentation/git-request-pull: Fixed a typo ("send" -> "end")
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@@ -139,6 +139,17 @@ but can be used to amend a merge commit.
as well. This is usually not what you want unless you
are concluding a conflicted merge.
+-o|--only::
+ Make a commit only from the paths specified on the
+ command line, disregarding any contents that have been
+ staged so far. This is the default mode of operation of
+ 'git commit' if any paths are given on the command line,
+ in which case this option can be omitted.
+ If this option is specified together with '--amend', then
+ no paths need be specified, which can be used to amend
+ the last commit without committing changes that have
+ already been staged.
+
-u|--untracked-files::
Show all untracked files, also those in uninteresting
directories, in the "Untracked files:" section of commit