Git command `commit`
Definition
Stores the current contents of the index in a new commit along with a log message from the user describing the changes.
note:
- A commit must be atomic, ie changes which involve only one (small) functionnality
- Always put a small message which explain what changes occured in this commit.
Basic usage
Tells Git to save current validated changes into a commit
$ git commit -m "<message>"
The commit will contains all changes in your working directory, even if you didn’t validate them with
git add$ git commit -a -m "<message>"
Advanced usage
Corrects the last unpushed commit.
$ git commit --ammend -m "<message>"