Document option --only of git commit
Its documentation was removed by 6c96753 (Documentation/git-commit: rewrite to make it more end-user friendly, 2006-12-08), even though it is referenced from a few places, including builtin-commit.c (as part of the commentary in the commit message template). Signed-off-by: Johannes Sixt <johannes.sixt@telecom.at> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Johannes Sixt committed
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Documentation/git-commit.txt
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@@ -139,6 +139,17 @@ but can be used to amend a merge commit.
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as well. This is usually not what you want unless you
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are concluding a conflicted merge.
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+-o|--only::
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+ Make a commit only from the paths specified on the
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+ command line, disregarding any contents that have been
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+ staged so far. This is the default mode of operation of
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+ 'git commit' if any paths are given on the command line,
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+ in which case this option can be omitted.
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+ If this option is specified together with '--amend', then
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+ no paths need be specified, which can be used to amend
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+ the last commit without committing changes that have
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+ already been staged.
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-u|--untracked-files::
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Show all untracked files, also those in uninteresting
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directories, in the "Untracked files:" section of commit
builtin-commit.c
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@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ static struct option builtin_commit_options[] = {
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OPT_BOOLEAN('a', "all", &all, "commit all changed files"),
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OPT_BOOLEAN('i', "include", &also, "add specified files to index for commit"),
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OPT_BOOLEAN(0, "interactive", &interactive, "interactively add files"),
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- OPT_BOOLEAN('o', "only", &only, ""),
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+ OPT_BOOLEAN('o', "only", &only, "commit only specified files"),
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OPT_BOOLEAN('n', "no-verify", &no_verify, "bypass pre-commit hook"),
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OPT_BOOLEAN(0, "amend", &amend, "amend previous commit"),
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OPT_BOOLEAN(0, "untracked-files", &untracked_files, "show all untracked files"),