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dolt commit — Commit staged changes to tables. More information: <https://docs.dolthub.com/cli-reference/cli#dolt-

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Problem

How to use the dolt commit command: Commit staged changes to tables. More information: <https://docs.dolthub.com/cli-reference/cli#dolt-commit>.

Solution

dolt commit — Commit staged changes to tables. More information: <https://docs.dolthub.com/cli-reference/cli#dolt-commit>.

Commit all staged changes, opening the editor specified by $EDITOR to enter the commit message:

dolt commit

Commit all staged changes with the specified message:

dolt commit {{[-m|--message]}} "{{commit_message}}"

Stage all unstaged changes to tables before committing:

dolt commit {{[-a|--all]}}

Use the specified ISO 8601 commit date (defaults to current date and time):

dolt commit --date "{{2021-12-31T00:00:00}}"

Use the specified author for the commit:

dolt commit --author "{{author_name}} <{{author_email}}>"

Allow creating an empty commit, with no changes:

dolt commit --allow-empty

Ignore foreign key warnings:

dolt commit {{[-f|--force]}}

Code Snippets

Commit all staged changes, opening the editor specified by `$EDITOR` to enter the commit message

dolt commit

Commit all staged changes with the specified message

dolt commit {{[-m|--message]}} "{{commit_message}}"

Stage all unstaged changes to tables before committing

dolt commit {{[-a|--all]}}

Use the specified ISO 8601 commit date (defaults to current date and time)

dolt commit --date "{{2021-12-31T00:00:00}}"

Use the specified author for the commit

dolt commit --author "{{author_name}} <{{author_email}}>"

Context

tldr-pages: common/dolt commit

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