git commit [--only] -- $FILE

[git-wiki.git] / pep-git.txt

diff --git a/pep-git.txt b/pep-git.txt
index 552901ea2f49487d84ea16af94a3864c9afa9e8d..43e8ddd63a408e6e01ecac5c2ef5dab9b1b7951a 100644 (file)
--- a/pep-git.txt
+++ b/pep-git.txt
@@ -72,7 +72,8 @@ Quick start
 Download and installation
 -------------------------
 
-Unix users: download and install using your package manager.
+Unix users: `download and install using your package manager
+<https://git-scm.com/download/linux>`_.
 
 Microsoft Windows: download `git-for-windows
 <https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/releases>`_ or `msysGit
@@ -649,7 +650,8 @@ committing means you need to do that for every change, not only to add
 new (untracked) files. To simplify committing in case you just want to
 commit everything without reviewing run ``git commit --all`` (or just
 ``-a``) - the command adds every changed tracked file to the index and
-then commit.
+then commit. To commit a file or files regardless of patches collected
+in the index run ``git commit [--only] -- $FILE...``.
 
 To add hunks of patches to the index use ``git add --patch`` (or just
 ``-p``). To remove collected files from the index use ``git reset HEAD
@@ -659,7 +661,8 @@ To add hunks of patches to the index use ``git add --patch`` (or just
 To see the diff between the index and the last commit (i.e., collected
 patches) use ``git diff --cached``. To see the diff between the
 working tree and the index (i.e., uncollected patches) use just ``git
-diff``.
+diff``. To see the diff between the working tree and the last commit
+(i.e., both collected and uncollected patches) use ``git diff HEAD``.
 
 See `WhatIsTheIndex
 <https://git.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/WhatIsTheIndex>`_ and