Mentored-by: Christian Couder <chriscool@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Mentored-by: Phillip Wood <phillip.wood@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Helped-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@xxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Charvi Mendiratta <charvi077@xxxxxxxxx> --- Documentation/git-commit.txt | 39 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------ Documentation/git-rebase.txt | 21 ++++++++++--------- 2 files changed, 44 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/git-commit.txt b/Documentation/git-commit.txt index 17150fa7ea..bc50301b1c 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-commit.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-commit.txt @@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ SYNOPSIS -------- [verse] 'git commit' [-a | --interactive | --patch] [-s] [-v] [-u<mode>] [--amend] - [--dry-run] [(-c | -C | --fixup | --squash) <commit>] + [--dry-run] [(-c | -C | --squash) <commit> | --fixup [(amend|reword):]<commit>)] [-F <file> | -m <msg>] [--reset-author] [--allow-empty] [--allow-empty-message] [--no-verify] [-e] [--author=<author>] [--date=<date>] [--cleanup=<mode>] [--[no-]status] @@ -86,11 +86,38 @@ OPTIONS Like '-C', but with `-c` the editor is invoked, so that the user can further edit the commit message. ---fixup=<commit>:: - Construct a commit message for use with `rebase --autosquash`. - The commit message will be the subject line from the specified - commit with a prefix of "fixup! ". See linkgit:git-rebase[1] - for details. +--fixup=[(amend|reword):]<commit>:: + When used without options, lets's say `git commit --fixup=<commit>`, + it creates a "fixup!" commit where the commit message will be + the subject line from the specified commit with a prefix of + "fixup! ". The resulting "fixup!" commit is further used with + `git rebase --autosquash` to fixup the content of the specified + commit. ++ +When used with option `amend`, let's say `git commit --fixup=amend:<commit>`, +it creates a "amend!" commit to fixup both the content and the commit log +message of the specified commit. The resulting "amend!" commit's commit +message subject will be the subject line from the specified commit with a +prefix of "amend! " and the message body will be commit log message of the +specified commit. It also invokes an editor seeded with the "amend!" commit +log message to allow to edit further. And it denies to create "amend!" commit +if it's commit message body is empty unless used with `allow-empty-message` +option. "amend!" commit when rebased with `--autosquash` will fixup the +contents and replace the commit message of the specified commit with the +"amend!" commit's message body. ++ +When used with alternative option `reword`, let's say +`git commit --fixup=reword:<commit>`, it works similar to `amend` option, but +here it creates an empty "amend!" commit, i.e it does not take any staged +changes and only allows to fixup the commit message of the specified commit. +It will reword the specified commit when it is rebased with `--autosquash`. ++ +Unlike `--fixup` without options, `--fixup=[amend/reword]:` is incompatible with +`-m` commit message option. ++ +Also, after fixing the commit using `--fixup`, with or without option and rebased +with `--autosquash`, the authorship of the original commit remains unchanged. See +linkgit:git-rebase[1] for details. --squash=<commit>:: Construct a commit message for use with `rebase --autosquash`. diff --git a/Documentation/git-rebase.txt b/Documentation/git-rebase.txt index 8bfa5a9272..ffea76e53b 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-rebase.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-rebase.txt @@ -593,16 +593,17 @@ See also INCOMPATIBLE OPTIONS below. --autosquash:: --no-autosquash:: - When the commit log message begins with "squash! ..." (or - "fixup! ..."), and there is already a commit in the todo list that - matches the same `...`, automatically modify the todo list of rebase - -i so that the commit marked for squashing comes right after the - commit to be modified, and change the action of the moved commit - from `pick` to `squash` (or `fixup`). A commit matches the `...` if - the commit subject matches, or if the `...` refers to the commit's - hash. As a fall-back, partial matches of the commit subject work, - too. The recommended way to create fixup/squash commits is by using - the `--fixup`/`--squash` options of linkgit:git-commit[1]. + When the commit log message begins with "squash! ..." (or "fixup! ..." + or "amend! ..."), and there is already a commit in the todo list that + matches the same `...`, automatically modify the todo list of + `rebase -i`, so that the commit marked for squashing comes right after + the commit to be modified, and change the action of the moved commit + from `pick` to `squash` (or `fixup` or `fixup -C`) respectively. A commit + matches the `...` if the commit subject matches, or if the `...` refers + to the commit's hash. As a fall-back, partial matches of the commit + subject work, too. The recommended way to create fixup/squash/amend + commits is by using the `--fixup=[amend|reword]`/`--squash` options of + linkgit:git-commit[1]. + If the `--autosquash` option is enabled by default using the configuration variable `rebase.autoSquash`, this option can be -- 2.29.0.rc1
