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git-commit(1) |
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NAME |
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git-commit - Record changes to the repository |
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SYNOPSIS |
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-------- |
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[verse] |
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'git-commit' [-a | --interactive] [-s] [-v] |
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[(-c | -C) <commit> | -F <file> | -m <msg> | --amend] |
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[--no-verify] [-e] [--author <author>] |
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[--] [[-i | -o ]<file>...] |
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DESCRIPTION |
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Use 'git commit' when you want to record your changes into the repository |
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along with a log message describing what the commit is about. All changes |
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to be committed must be explicitly identified using one of the following |
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methods: |
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1. by using gitlink:git-add[1] to incrementally "add" changes to the |
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next commit before using the 'commit' command (Note: even modified |
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files must be "added"); |
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2. by using gitlink:git-rm[1] to identify content removal for the next |
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commit, again before using the 'commit' command; |
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3. by directly listing files containing changes to be committed as arguments |
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to the 'commit' command, in which cases only those files alone will be |
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considered for the commit; |
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4. by using the -a switch with the 'commit' command to automatically "add" |
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changes from all known files i.e. files that have already been committed |
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before, and to automatically "rm" files that have been |
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removed from the working tree, and perform the actual commit. |
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5. by using the --interactive switch with the 'commit' command to decide one |
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by one which files should be part of the commit, before finalizing the |
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operation. Currently, this is done by invoking `git-add --interactive`. |
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The gitlink:git-status[1] command can be used to obtain a |
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summary of what is included by any of the above for the next |
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commit by giving the same set of parameters you would give to |
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this command. |
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If you make a commit and then found a mistake immediately after |
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that, you can recover from it with gitlink:git-reset[1]. |
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OPTIONS |
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-a|--all:: |
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Tell the command to automatically stage files that have |
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been modified and deleted, but new files you have not |
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told git about are not affected. |
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-c or -C <commit>:: |
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Take existing commit object, and reuse the log message |
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and the authorship information (including the timestamp) |
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when creating the commit. With '-C', the editor is not |
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invoked; with '-c' the user can further edit the commit |
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message. |
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-F <file>:: |
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Take the commit message from the given file. Use '-' to |
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read the message from the standard input. |
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--author <author>:: |
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Override the author name used in the commit. Use |
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`A U Thor <author@example.com>` format. |
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-m <msg>:: |
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Use the given <msg> as the commit message. |
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-s|--signoff:: |
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Add Signed-off-by line at the end of the commit message. |
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--no-verify:: |
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This option bypasses the pre-commit hook. |
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See also link:hooks.html[hooks]. |
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-e|--edit:: |
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The message taken from file with `-F`, command line with |
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`-m`, and from file with `-C` are usually used as the |
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commit log message unmodified. This option lets you |
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further edit the message taken from these sources. |
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--amend:: |
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Used to amend the tip of the current branch. Prepare the tree |
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object you would want to replace the latest commit as usual |
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(this includes the usual -i/-o and explicit paths), and the |
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commit log editor is seeded with the commit message from the |
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tip of the current branch. The commit you create replaces the |
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current tip -- if it was a merge, it will have the parents of |
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the current tip as parents -- so the current top commit is |
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discarded. |
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+ |
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-- |
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It is a rough equivalent for: |
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$ git reset --soft HEAD^ |
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$ ... do something else to come up with the right tree ... |
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$ git commit -c ORIG_HEAD |
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but can be used to amend a merge commit. |
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-- |
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-i|--include:: |
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Before making a commit out of staged contents so far, |
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stage the contents of paths given on the command line |
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as well. This is usually not what you want unless you |
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are concluding a conflicted merge. |
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-q|--quiet:: |
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Suppress commit summary message. |
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\--:: |
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Do not interpret any more arguments as options. |
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<file>...:: |
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When files are given on the command line, the command |
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commits the contents of the named files, without |
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recording the changes already staged. The contents of |
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these files are also staged for the next commit on top |
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of what have been staged before. |
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EXAMPLES |
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When recording your own work, the contents of modified files in |
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your working tree are temporarily stored to a staging area |
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called the "index" with gitlink:git-add[1]. Removal |
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of a file is staged with gitlink:git-rm[1]. After building the |
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state to be committed incrementally with these commands, `git |
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commit` (without any pathname parameter) is used to record what |
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has been staged so far. This is the most basic form of the |
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command. An example: |
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$ edit hello.c |
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$ git rm goodbye.c |
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$ git add hello.c |
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$ git commit |
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Instead of staging files after each individual change, you can |
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tell `git commit` to notice the changes to the files whose |
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contents are tracked in |
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your working tree and do corresponding `git add` and `git rm` |
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for you. That is, this example does the same as the earlier |
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example if there is no other change in your working tree: |
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$ edit hello.c |
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$ rm goodbye.c |
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$ git commit -a |
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The command `git commit -a` first looks at your working tree, |
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notices that you have modified hello.c and removed goodbye.c, |
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and performs necessary `git add` and `git rm` for you. |
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After staging changes to many files, you can alter the order the |
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changes are recorded in, by giving pathnames to `git commit`. |
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When pathnames are given, the command makes a commit that |
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only records the changes made to the named paths: |
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$ edit hello.c hello.h |
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$ git add hello.c hello.h |
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$ edit Makefile |
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$ git commit Makefile |
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This makes a commit that records the modification to `Makefile`. |
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The changes staged for `hello.c` and `hello.h` are not included |
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in the resulting commit. However, their changes are not lost -- |
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they are still staged and merely held back. After the above |
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sequence, if you do: |
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$ git commit |
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this second commit would record the changes to `hello.c` and |
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`hello.h` as expected. |
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After a merge (initiated by either gitlink:git-merge[1] or |
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gitlink:git-pull[1]) stops because of conflicts, cleanly merged |
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paths are already staged to be committed for you, and paths that |
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conflicted are left in unmerged state. You would have to first |
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check which paths are conflicting with gitlink:git-status[1] |
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and after fixing them manually in your working tree, you would |
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stage the result as usual with gitlink:git-add[1]: |
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$ git status | grep unmerged |
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unmerged: hello.c |
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$ edit hello.c |
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$ git add hello.c |
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After resolving conflicts and staging the result, `git ls-files -u` |
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would stop mentioning the conflicted path. When you are done, |
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run `git commit` to finally record the merge: |
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$ git commit |
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As with the case to record your own changes, you can use `-a` |
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option to save typing. One difference is that during a merge |
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resolution, you cannot use `git commit` with pathnames to |
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alter the order the changes are committed, because the merge |
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should be recorded as a single commit. In fact, the command |
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refuses to run when given pathnames (but see `-i` option). |
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DISCUSSION |
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Though not required, it's a good idea to begin the commit message |
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with a single short (less than 50 character) line summarizing the |
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change, followed by a blank line and then a more thorough description. |
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Tools that turn commits into email, for example, use the first line |
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on the Subject: line and the rest of the commit in the body. |
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include::i18n.txt[] |
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ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES |
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The command specified by either the VISUAL or EDITOR environment |
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variables is used to edit the commit log message. |
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HOOKS |
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This command can run `commit-msg`, `pre-commit`, and |
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`post-commit` hooks. See link:hooks.html[hooks] for more |
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information. |
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SEE ALSO |
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-------- |
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gitlink:git-add[1], |
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gitlink:git-rm[1], |
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gitlink:git-mv[1], |
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gitlink:git-merge[1], |
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gitlink:git-commit-tree[1] |
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Author |
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Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org> and |
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Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net> |
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GIT |
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Part of the gitlink:git[7] suite
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