git-commit --allow-empty

[git.git] / Documentation / git-commit.txt

diff --git a/Documentation/git-commit.txt b/Documentation/git-commit.txt
index d4bfd49ce12ebe8f7b172d6f682d64ccbce66087..a7ef71ff99ced2f973d8e4c857d49e75ec65a908 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/git-commit.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-commit.txt
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ SYNOPSIS
 [verse]
 'git-commit' [-a | --interactive] [-s] [-v] [-u]
           [(-c | -C) <commit> | -F <file> | -m <msg> | --amend]
-          [--no-verify] [-e] [--author <author>]
+          [--allow-empty] [--no-verify] [-e] [--author <author>]
           [--] [[-i | -o ]<file>...]
 
 DESCRIPTION
@@ -89,6 +89,12 @@ OPTIONS
        This option bypasses the pre-commit hook.
        See also link:hooks.html[hooks].
 
+--allow-empty::
+       Usually recording a commit that has the exact same tree as its
+       sole parent commit and the command prevents you from making such
+       a mistake.  This option bypasses the safety, and is primarily
+       for use by foreign scm interface scripts.
+
 -e|--edit::
        The message taken from file with `-F`, command line with
        `-m`, and from file with `-C` are usually used as the