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<h4 class="subsection">4.1.2 Common Options</h4>
<p>These options are available on many commands.
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<a name="g_t_002d_002dauthor"></a><dt><samp><span class="command">--author</span></samp><a name="index-g_t_002d_002dauthor-33"></a><dd>Override the author cert for a commit; normally, the author is the
local name of the key used for the commit. See
<code><a href="get_005fauthor.html#get_005fauthor">get_author</a></code>, <samp><span class="option"><a href="_002d_002dkey.html#g_t_002d_002dkey">--key</a></span></samp>,
<code><a href="get_005flocal_005fkey_005fname.html#get_005flocal_005fkey_005fname">get_local_key_name</a></code>.
<p><a name="g_t_002d_002dbranch"></a><br><dt><samp><span class="command">--branch</span></samp><a name="index-g_t_002d_002dbranch-34"></a><dd>Specify the branch for a command. This normally defaults to the
workspace branch.
<p><a name="g_t_002d_002ddate"></a><br><dt><samp><span class="command">--date</span></samp><a name="index-g_t_002d_002ddate-35"></a><dd>Override the date cert for a commit. The date defaults to the current
calendar time.
<p><a name="g_t_002d_002dmessage"></a><br><dt><samp><span class="command">--message </span><var>string</var></samp><a name="index-g_t_002d_002dmessage-_0040var_007bstring_007d-36"></a><dd>Set the commit changelog message, as a string. Each command that does
a commit has a different default for the message.
<p><a name="g_t_002d_002dmessage_002dfile"></a><br><dt><samp><span class="command">--message-file </span><var>filename</var></samp><a name="index-g_t_002d_002dmessage_002dfile-_0040var_007bfilename_007d-37"></a><dd>Set the commit changelog message, as a file. Each command that does
a commit has a different default for the message.
<p><a name="g_t_002d_002dupdate"></a><br><dt><samp><span class="command">--[no-]update</span></samp><a name="index-g_t_002d_002d_005bno_002d_005dupdate-38"></a><dd>If <samp><span class="option">--update</span></samp> 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.
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