diff --git a/scripts/committer b/scripts/committer
index 5b7956e1da9..4c76ac98f8a 100755
--- a/scripts/committer
+++ b/scripts/committer
@@ -216,11 +216,11 @@ fi
 committed=false
 if [ "$fast_commit" = true ]; then
   declare -a commit_env=(FAST_COMMIT=1)
-  if run_git_with_lock_retry "commit" env "${commit_env[@]}" git commit -m "$commit_message" -- "${files[@]}"; then
+  if run_git_with_lock_retry "commit" env "${commit_env[@]}" git commit -m "$commit_message"; then
     committed=true
   fi
 else
-  if run_git_with_lock_retry "commit" git commit -m "$commit_message" -- "${files[@]}"; then
+  if run_git_with_lock_retry "commit" git commit -m "$commit_message"; then
     committed=true
   fi
 fi
diff --git a/test/scripts/committer.test.ts b/test/scripts/committer.test.ts
index d943a66fb7e..052a8baf8e0 100644
--- a/test/scripts/committer.test.ts
+++ b/test/scripts/committer.test.ts
@@ -60,6 +60,10 @@ function committedPaths(repo: string) {
   return output.split("\n").filter(Boolean).toSorted();
 }
 
+function committedFileContents(repo: string, relativePath: string) {
+  return git(repo, "show", `HEAD:${relativePath}`);
+}
+
 describe("scripts/committer", () => {
   it("accepts supported path argument shapes", () => {
     const cases = [
@@ -161,6 +165,28 @@ describe("scripts/committer", () => {
     expect(committedPaths(repo)).toEqual(["note.txt"]);
   });
 
+  it("commits the hook-restaged file contents and leaves the tree clean", () => {
+    const repo = createRepo();
+    installHook(
+      repo,
+      ".githooks/pre-commit",
+      [
+        "#!/usr/bin/env bash",
+        "set -euo pipefail",
+        "printf 'formatted\\n' > note.txt",
+        "git add note.txt",
+      ].join("\n") + "\n",
+    );
+    writeRepoFile(repo, "note.txt", "raw\n");
+
+    const output = commitWithHelperArgs(repo, "test: hook rewrite", "note.txt");
+
+    expect(output).toContain('Committed "test: hook rewrite" with 1 files');
+    expect(committedPaths(repo)).toEqual(["note.txt"]);
+    expect(committedFileContents(repo, "note.txt")).toBe("formatted");
+    expect(git(repo, "status", "--short", "--untracked-files=no")).toBe("");
+  });
+
   it("prints usage for --help", () => {
     const repo = createRepo();