om the original commit is used
as the starting point, instead of an empty message, when no
other message is specified from the command line via options
such as <code>-m</code>, <code>-F</code>, <code>-c</code>, etc.  The new commit has the same
parents and author as the current one (the <code>--reset-author</code>
option can countermand this).</p>
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<p>It is a rough equivalent for:</p>
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