ts as options.</p>
</dd>
<dt class="hdlist1">&lt;file&gt;&#8230;&#8203;</dt>
<dd>
<p>When files are given on the command line, the command
commits the contents of the named files, without
recording the changes already staged.  The contents of
these files are also staged for the next commit on top
of what have been staged before.</p>
</dd>
</dl>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="sect1">
<h2 id="_date_formats">DATE FORMATS</h2>
<div class="sectionbody">
<div class="paragraph">
<p>The <code>GIT_AUTHOR_DATE</cod