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-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-commit.txt17
-rwxr-xr-xgit-commit.sh9
2 files changed, 14 insertions, 12 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/git-commit.txt b/Documentation/git-commit.txt
index 53b64fa59..214ed235c 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-commit.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-commit.txt
@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@ git-commit - Record your changes
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
-----------
@@ -73,15 +73,20 @@ OPTIONS
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.
+--::
+ 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].
diff --git a/git-commit.sh b/git-commit.sh
index 59551d99f..ab5e6bc1c 100755
--- a/git-commit.sh
+++ b/git-commit.sh
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
# Copyright (c) 2005 Linus Torvalds
# Copyright (c) 2006 Junio C Hamano
-USAGE='[-a] [-i] [-s] [-v] [--no-verify] [-m <message> | -F <logfile> | (-C|-c) <commit>] [-e] [--author <author>] [<path>...]'
+USAGE='[-a] [-s] [-v] [--no-verify] [-m <message> | -F <logfile> | (-C|-c) <commit>] [-e] [--author <author>] [[-i | -o] <path>...]'
SUBDIRECTORY_OK=Yes
. git-sh-setup
@@ -340,11 +340,8 @@ case "$#,$also$only" in
0,)
;;
*,)
- echo >&2 "assuming --include paths..."
- also=t
- # Later when switch the defaults, we will replace them with these:
- # echo >&2 "assuming --only paths..."
- # also=
+ echo >&2 "assuming --only paths..."
+ also=
# If we are going to launch an editor, the message won't be
# shown without this...