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diff --git a/Documentation/git-commit-tree.txt b/Documentation/git-commit-tree.txt new file mode 100644 index 000000000..b8834bace --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/git-commit-tree.txt @@ -0,0 +1,106 @@ +git-commit-tree(1) +================== + +NAME +---- +git-commit-tree - Create a new commit object + + +SYNOPSIS +-------- +'git commit-tree' <tree> [-p <parent commit>]\* < changelog + +DESCRIPTION +----------- +This is usually not what an end user wants to run directly. See +linkgit:git-commit[1] instead. + +Creates a new commit object based on the provided tree object and +emits the new commit object id on stdout. + +A commit object may have any number of parents. With exactly one +parent, it is an ordinary commit. Having more than one parent makes +the commit a merge between several lines of history. Initial (root) +commits have no parents. + +While a tree represents a particular directory state of a working +directory, a commit represents that state in "time", and explains how +to get there. + +Normally a commit would identify a new "HEAD" state, and while git +doesn't care where you save the note about that state, in practice we +tend to just write the result to the file that is pointed at by +`.git/HEAD`, so that we can always see what the last committed +state was. + +OPTIONS +------- +<tree>:: + An existing tree object + +-p <parent commit>:: + Each '-p' indicates the id of a parent commit object. + + +Commit Information +------------------ + +A commit encapsulates: + +- all parent object ids +- author name, email and date +- committer name and email and the commit time. + +While parent object ids are provided on the command line, author and +committer information is taken from the following environment variables, +if set: + + GIT_AUTHOR_NAME + GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL + GIT_AUTHOR_DATE + GIT_COMMITTER_NAME + GIT_COMMITTER_EMAIL + GIT_COMMITTER_DATE + EMAIL + +(nb "<", ">" and "\n"s are stripped) + +In case (some of) these environment variables are not set, the information +is taken from the configuration items user.name and user.email, or, if not +present, system user name and fully qualified hostname. + +A commit comment is read from stdin. If a changelog +entry is not provided via "<" redirection, 'git-commit-tree' will just wait +for one to be entered and terminated with ^D. + + +Diagnostics +----------- +You don't exist. Go away!:: + The passwd(5) gecos field couldn't be read +Your parents must have hated you!:: + The passwd(5) gecos field is longer than a giant static buffer. +Your sysadmin must hate you!:: + The passwd(5) name field is longer than a giant static buffer. + +Discussion +---------- + +include::i18n.txt[] + +SEE ALSO +-------- +linkgit:git-write-tree[1] + + +Author +------ +Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org> + +Documentation +-------------- +Documentation by David Greaves, Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>. + +GIT +--- +Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite |