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git commit-tree — Low level utility to create commit objects. See also: `git commit`. More information: <https://git-s

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Problem

How to use the git commit-tree command: Low level utility to create commit objects. See also: git commit. More information: <https://git-scm.com/docs/git-commit-tree>.

Solution

git commit-tree — Low level utility to create commit objects. See also: git commit. More information: <https://git-scm.com/docs/git-commit-tree>.

Create a commit object with the specified message:

git commit-tree {{tree}} -m "{{message}}"

Create a commit object reading the message from a file (use - for stdin):

git commit-tree {{tree}} -F {{path/to/file}}

Create a GPG-signed commit object:

git commit-tree {{tree}} -m "{{message}}" {{[-S|--gpg-sign]}}

Create a commit object with the specified parent commit object:

git commit-tree {{tree}} -m "{{message}}" -p {{parent_commit_sha}}

Code Snippets

Create a commit object with the specified message

git commit-tree {{tree}} -m "{{message}}"

Create a commit object reading the message from a file (use `-` for `stdin`)

git commit-tree {{tree}} -F {{path/to/file}}

Create a GPG-signed commit object

git commit-tree {{tree}} -m "{{message}}" {{[-S|--gpg-sign]}}

Create a commit object with the specified parent commit object

git commit-tree {{tree}} -m "{{message}}" -p {{parent_commit_sha}}

Context

tldr-pages: common/git commit-tree

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