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git-commit-tree(1)
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NAME
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----
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git-commit-tree - Create a new commit object
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SYNOPSIS
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--------
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'git commit-tree' <tree> [(-p <parent commit>)...] < changelog
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DESCRIPTION
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-----------
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This is usually not what an end user wants to run directly. See
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linkgit:git-commit[1] instead.
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Creates a new commit object based on the provided tree object and
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emits the new commit object id on stdout.
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A commit object may have any number of parents. With exactly one
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parent, it is an ordinary commit. Having more than one parent makes
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the commit a merge between several lines of history. Initial (root)
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commits have no parents.
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While a tree represents a particular directory state of a working
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directory, a commit represents that state in "time", and explains how
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to get there.
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Normally a commit would identify a new "HEAD" state, and while git
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doesn't care where you save the note about that state, in practice we
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tend to just write the result to the file that is pointed at by
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`.git/HEAD`, so that we can always see what the last committed
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state was.
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OPTIONS
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-------
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<tree>::
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An existing tree object
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-p <parent commit>::
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Each '-p' indicates the id of a parent commit object.
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Commit Information
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------------------
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A commit encapsulates:
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- all parent object ids
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- author name, email and date
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- committer name and email and the commit time.
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While parent object ids are provided on the command line, author and
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committer information is taken from the following environment variables,
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if set:
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GIT_AUTHOR_NAME
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GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL
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GIT_AUTHOR_DATE
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GIT_COMMITTER_NAME
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GIT_COMMITTER_EMAIL
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GIT_COMMITTER_DATE
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EMAIL
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(nb "<", ">" and "\n"s are stripped)
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In case (some of) these environment variables are not set, the information
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is taken from the configuration items user.name and user.email, or, if not
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present, system user name and fully qualified hostname.
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A commit comment is read from stdin. If a changelog
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entry is not provided via "<" redirection, 'git commit-tree' will just wait
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for one to be entered and terminated with ^D.
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include::date-formats.txt[]
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Diagnostics
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-----------
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You don't exist. Go away!::
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The passwd(5) gecos field couldn't be read
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Your parents must have hated you!::
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The passwd(5) gecos field is longer than a giant static buffer.
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Your sysadmin must hate you!::
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The passwd(5) name field is longer than a giant static buffer.
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Discussion
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----------
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include::i18n.txt[]
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SEE ALSO
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--------
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linkgit:git-write-tree[1]
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GIT
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---
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Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite
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