On Tue, Jul 10, 2012 at 12:41:13PM +0200, Marc Strapetz wrote: > When using "git commit --amend --only --message <message> --", I'd > expect to have just the commit message of my last commit changed, > according to the man page: > > "--only Make a commit only from the paths specified on the command line, > disregarding any contents that have been staged so far. [...] If this > option is specified together with --amend, then no paths need to be > specified, which can be used to amend the last commit without committing > changes that have already been staged." > > However, all staged changes are committed as well. So looks like either > the man page or Git is wrong here!? I think git has a bug. As far as I can tell, this has never worked as the documentation advertised. We originally forbid the use of "--only" without paths as nonsensical. This was loosened by 6a74642 (git-commit --amend: two fixes., 2006-04-20) to let "--amend --only --", but I don't think it even worked then. Using this test: git init repo && cd repo && echo "foo one" >foo && echo "bar one" >bar && git add . && git commit -m one && echo "foo two" >foo && echo "bar two" >bar && git add foo && GIT_EDITOR=true git commit --amend -o && git cat-file -p HEAD:foo && git cat-file -p HEAD:bar I always get: foo two bar one i.e., we accidentally amend the commit with the staged contents in the index. I get the same results for 6a74642 and on. If you switch the commit to "-o bar", it does work properly (you get the updated "bar", but the staged "foo" in the index is ignored). -Peff -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html