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     1  ## pachctl start commit
     2  
     3  Start a new commit.
     4  
     5  ### Synopsis
     6  
     7  Start a new commit with parent-commit as the parent, or start a commit on the given branch; if the branch does not exist, it will be created.
     8  
     9  ```
    10  pachctl start commit <repo>@<branch-or-commit> [flags]
    11  ```
    12  
    13  ### Examples
    14  
    15  ```
    16  # Start a new commit in repo "test" that's not on any branch
    17  $ pachctl start commit test
    18  
    19  # Start a commit in repo "test" on branch "master"
    20  $ pachctl start commit test@master
    21  
    22  # Start a commit with "master" as the parent in repo "test", on a new branch "patch"; essentially a fork.
    23  $ pachctl start commit test@patch -p master
    24  
    25  # Start a commit with XXX as the parent in repo "test", not on any branch
    26  $ pachctl start commit test -p XXX
    27  ```
    28  
    29  ### Options
    30  
    31  ```
    32        --description string   A description of this commit's contents (synonym for --message)
    33    -h, --help                 help for commit
    34    -m, --message string       A description of this commit's contents
    35    -p, --parent string        The parent of the new commit, unneeded if branch is specified and you want to use the previous head of the branch as the parent.
    36  ```
    37  
    38  ### Options inherited from parent commands
    39  
    40  ```
    41        --no-color   Turn off colors.
    42    -v, --verbose    Output verbose logs
    43  ```
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