# [PATCH] commit: document a couple of options

1 messages from 2012-06-08 to 2012-06-08. Participants: Ramkumar Ramachandra.
Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/30745

## Ramkumar Ramachandra, 2012-06-08 10:18

Subject: [PATCH] commit: document a couple of options
Message-ID: <1339150710-12281-1-git-send-email-artagnon@gmail.com>
URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/1339150710-12281-1-git-send-email-artagnon%40gmail.com

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Document git commit '--branch' and '--no-post-rewrite'.  Mention that
'-z' can also be spelt as '--null'.

Signed-off-by: Ramkumar Ramachandra <artagnon@gmail.com>
---
 I noticed this while reading through builtin/commit.c.

 Documentation/git-commit.txt |    8 ++++++++
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)

diff --git a/Documentation/git-commit.txt b/Documentation/git-commit.txt
index 2d695f6..f400835 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-commit.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-commit.txt
@@ -101,12 +101,16 @@ OPTIONS
 	When doing a dry-run, give the output in the short-format. See
 	linkgit:git-status[1] for details. Implies `--dry-run`.
 
+--branch::
+	Show the branch and tracking info even in short-format.
+
 --porcelain::
 	When doing a dry-run, give the output in a porcelain-ready
 	format. See linkgit:git-status[1] for details. Implies
 	`--dry-run`.
 
 -z::
+--null::
 	When showing `short` or `porcelain` status output, terminate
 	entries in the status output with NUL, instead of LF. If no
 	format is given, implies the `--porcelain` output format.
@@ -189,6 +193,10 @@ OPTIONS
 	current tip -- if it was a merge, it will have the parents of
 	the current tip as parents -- so the current top commit is
 	discarded.
+
+--no-post-rewrite::
+	Bypass the post-rewrite hook.
+
 +
 --
 It is a rough equivalent for:
-- 
1.7.10

```