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git-commit: Commit staged files to the repository with a message.
$ git commit --message "${message}"
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This command is used in Git to create a new commit with a specific message. Here's a breakdown of the components:

  • git commit is the Git command to create a new commit.
  • --message or -m is a flag used to specify the commit message directly in the command.
  • ${message} is a variable that typically holds the commit message. In this case, you need to substitute ${message} with the actual commit message you want to use.

To use this command, replace ${message} with your desired commit message within quotation marks. For example, if you want the commit message to be "Fix a bug in the authentication module", the command would look like:

git commit --message "Fix a bug in the authentication module"

Commit messages are useful to describe the changes made in the commit and provide information for future reference or collaboration with other developers on a project.

This explanation was created by an AI. In most cases those are correct. But please always be careful and never run a command you are not sure if it is safe.
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