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  Documentation/git-commit: reword the --amend explanation
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@ -207,14 +207,15 @@ variable (see linkgit:git-config[1]).
without changing its commit message. without changing its commit message.
--amend:: --amend::
Used to amend the tip of the current branch. Prepare the tree Replace the tip of the current branch by creating a new
object you would want to replace the latest commit as usual commit. The recorded tree is prepared as usual (including
(this includes the usual -i/-o and explicit paths), and the the effect of the `-i` and `-o` options and explicit
commit log editor is seeded with the commit message from the pathspec), and the message from the original commit is used
tip of the current branch. The commit you create replaces the as the starting point, instead of an empty message, when no
current tip -- if it was a merge, it will have the parents of other message is specified from the command line via options
the current tip as parents -- so the current top commit is such as `-m`, `-F`, `-c`, etc. The new commit has the same
discarded. parents and author as the current one (the `--reset-author`
option can countermand this).
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It is a rough equivalent for: It is a rough equivalent for: