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# av-commit-create(1) in CL

### NAME

av-commit - Record changes to the repository with commits

### SYNOPSIS

```synopsis
av commit [-m <msg>| --message=<msg>] [-a | --all] [--amend] [--edit]
    [-b | --branch] [-A | --all-changes] [--branch-name <name>]
    [--parent <parent_branch>]
```

### DESCRIPTION

Create a new commit containing the current contents of the index and the given log message describing the changes, then run **av restack** on all subsequent child branches with the new commit.

Previous to running **av commit**, add changes to the index via git-add(1) to incrementally "add" changes to the index.

### OPTIONS

`-m <msg>, --message=<msg>` : Use the given `<msg>` as the commit message.

`-a, --all` : Automatically stage modified/deleted files, but new files you have not told Git about are not affected. (Same as git commit --all)

`-A, --all-changes` : Automatically stage all files, including untracked files

`--amend` : Amend the last commit, using the same message as last commit by default

`--edit` : When amending a commit, open the default git `$EDITOR` for modifying the commit message

`-b, --branch` : Create a new branch with an automatically generated name and commit to it

`--branch-name <name>` : Create a new branch with the given name and commit to it

`--parent <parent_branch>` : Instead of creating a new branch from current branch, create it from specified `<parent_branch>`


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