git commit [--only] -- $FILE

diff --git a/pep-git.txt b/pep-git.txt
index aa86ef8f8fa0bd59e0394eb8286e7e33a8f8b2de..43e8ddd63a408e6e01ecac5c2ef5dab9b1b7951a 100644 (file)
--- a/pep-git.txt
+++ b/pep-git.txt
@@ -650,7 +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