4.1.2 Common Options

These options are available on many commands.

--author

Override the author cert for a commit; normally, the author is the local name of the key used for the commit. See get_author, --key, get_local_key_name.

--branch

Specify the branch for a command. This normally defaults to the workspace branch.

--date

Override the date cert for a commit. The date defaults to the current calendar time.

--message string

Set the commit changelog message, as a string. Each command that does a commit has a different default for the message.

--message-file filename

Set the commit changelog message, as a file. Each command that does a commit has a different default for the message.

--[no-]update

If --update is given, and the command is executed in a workspace, the workspace is updated to the new head of the workspace branch if the workspace was at a head, and the command makes a new head of the workspace branch.