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authorJunio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2019-02-06 23:20:47 -0800
committerJunio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2019-02-06 23:20:47 -0800
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DESCRIPTION
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-Stores the current contents of the index in a new commit along
-with a log message from the user describing the changes.
+Create a new commit containing the current contents of the index and
+the given log message describing the changes. The new commit is a
+direct child of HEAD, usually the tip of the current branch, and the
+branch is updated to point to it (unless no branch is associated with
+the working tree, in which case HEAD is "detached" as described in
+linkgit:git-checkout[1]).
-The content to be added can be specified in several ways:
+The content to be committed can be specified in several ways:
-1. by using 'git add' to incrementally "add" changes to the
- index before using the 'commit' command (Note: even modified
- files must be "added");
+1. by using linkgit:git-add[1] to incrementally "add" changes to the
+ index before using the 'commit' command (Note: even modified files
+ must be "added");
-2. by using 'git rm' to remove files from the working tree
+2. by using linkgit:git-rm[1] to remove files from the working tree
and the index, again before using the 'commit' command;
3. by listing files as arguments to the 'commit' command