From 00ea64ed7a0ee5ef0901b1eeb5add6954925590f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Charvi Mendiratta Date: Mon, 15 Mar 2021 13:24:36 +0530 Subject: [PATCH] doc/git-commit: add documentation for fixup=[amend|reword] options Mentored-by: Christian Couder Mentored-by: Phillip Wood Helped-by: Eric Sunshine Helped-by: Junio C Hamano Signed-off-by: Eric Sunshine Signed-off-by: Charvi Mendiratta Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano --- Documentation/git-commit.txt | 45 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----- Documentation/git-rebase.txt | 21 +++++++++-------- 2 files changed, 50 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/git-commit.txt b/Documentation/git-commit.txt index 17150fa7ea..3c69f461c9 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] [--amend] - [--dry-run] [(-c | -C | --fixup | --squash) ] + [--dry-run] [(-c | -C | --squash) | --fixup [(amend|reword):])] [-F | -m ] [--reset-author] [--allow-empty] [--allow-empty-message] [--no-verify] [-e] [--author=] [--date=] [--cleanup=] [--[no-]status] @@ -86,11 +86,44 @@ OPTIONS Like '-C', but with `-c` the editor is invoked, so that the user can further edit the commit message. ---fixup=:: - 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):]:: + Create a new commit which "fixes up" `` when applied with + `git rebase --autosquash`. Plain `--fixup=` creates a + "fixup!" commit which changes the content of `` but leaves + its log message untouched. `--fixup=amend:` is similar but + creates an "amend!" commit which also replaces the log message of + `` with the log message of the "amend!" commit. + `--fixup=reword:` creates an "amend!" commit which + replaces the log message of `` with its own log message + but makes no changes to the content of ``. ++ +The commit created by plain `--fixup=` has a subject +composed of "fixup!" followed by the subject line from , +and is recognized specially by `git rebase --autosquash`. The `-m` +option may be used to supplement the log message of the created +commit, but the additional commentary will be thrown away once the +"fixup!" commit is squashed into `` by +`git rebase --autosquash`. ++ +The commit created by `--fixup=amend:` is similar but its +subject is instead prefixed with "amend!". The log message of + is copied into the log message of the "amend!" commit and +opened in an editor so it can be refined. When `git rebase +--autosquash` squashes the "amend!" commit into ``, the +log message of `` is replaced by the refined log message +from the "amend!" commit. It is an error for the "amend!" commit's +log message to be empty unless `--allow-empty-message` is +specified. ++ +`--fixup=reword:` is shorthand for `--fixup=amend: +--only`. It creates an "amend!" commit with only a log message +(ignoring any changes staged in the index). When squashed by `git +rebase --autosquash`, it replaces the log message of `` +without making any other changes. ++ +Neither "fixup!" nor "amend!" commits change authorship of +`` when applied by `git rebase --autosquash`. +See linkgit:git-rebase[1] for details. --squash=:: Construct a commit message for use with `rebase --autosquash`. diff --git a/Documentation/git-rebase.txt b/Documentation/git-rebase.txt index 8bfa5a9272..f08ae27e2a 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/amend/squash + commits is by using the `--fixup`, `--fixup=amend:` or `--fixup=reword:` + and `--squash` options respectively of linkgit:git-commit[1]. + If the `--autosquash` option is enabled by default using the configuration variable `rebase.autoSquash`, this option can be