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"git commit --amend --only --" nevertheless commits staged changes

From
Marc Strapetz <marc.strapetz@syntevo.com>
Date
Jul 10, 2012, 10:41 UTC
Message-ID
<4FFC06C9.5050405@syntevo.com>

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!?

Tested with 1.7.10.msysgit.1.
-Marc
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