diff --git a/builtin/commit.c b/builtin/commit.c
index b257ae8..864ed2e 100644
--- a/builtin/commit.c
+++ b/builtin/commit.c
@@ -129,59 +129,6 @@
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static struct option builtin_commit_options[] = {
-	OPT__QUIET(&quiet, "suppress summary after successful commit"),
-	OPT__VERBOSE(&verbose, "show diff in commit message template"),
-
-	OPT_GROUP("Commit message options"),
-	OPT_FILENAME('F', "file", &logfile, "read message from file"),
-	OPT_STRING(0, "author", &force_author, "author", "override author for commit"),
-	OPT_STRING(0, "date", &force_date, "date", "override date for commit"),
-	OPT_CALLBACK('m', "message", &message, "message", "commit message", opt_parse_m),
-	OPT_STRING('c', "reedit-message", &edit_message, "commit", "reuse and edit message from specified commit"),
-	OPT_STRING('C', "reuse-message", &use_message, "commit", "reuse message from specified commit"),
-	OPT_STRING(0, "fixup", &fixup_message, "commit", "use autosquash formatted message to fixup specified commit"),
-	OPT_STRING(0, "squash", &squash_message, "commit", "use autosquash formatted message to squash specified commit"),
-	OPT_BOOLEAN(0, "reset-author", &renew_authorship, "the commit is authored by me now (used with -C/-c/--amend)"),
-	OPT_BOOLEAN('s', "signoff", &signoff, "add Signed-off-by:"),
-	OPT_FILENAME('t', "template", &template_file, "use specified template file"),
-	OPT_BOOL('e', "edit", &edit_flag, "force edit of commit"),
-	OPT_STRING(0, "cleanup", &cleanup_arg, "default", "how to strip spaces and #comments from message"),
-	OPT_BOOLEAN(0, "status", &include_status, "include status in commit message template"),
-	{ OPTION_STRING, 'S', "gpg-sign", &sign_commit, "key id",
-	  "GPG sign commit", PARSE_OPT_OPTARG, NULL, (intptr_t) "" },
-	/* end commit message options */
-
-	OPT_GROUP("Commit contents options"),
-	OPT_BOOLEAN('a', "all", &all, "commit all changed files"),
-	OPT_BOOLEAN('i', "include", &also, "add specified files to index for commit"),
-	OPT_BOOLEAN(0, "interactive", &interactive, "interactively add files"),
-	OPT_BOOLEAN('p', "patch", &patch_interactive, "interactively add changes"),
-	OPT_BOOLEAN('o', "only", &only, "commit only specified files"),
-	OPT_BOOLEAN('n', "no-verify", &no_verify, "bypass pre-commit hook"),
-	OPT_BOOLEAN(0, "dry-run", &dry_run, "show what would be committed"),
-	OPT_SET_INT(0, "short", &status_format, "show status concisely",
-		    STATUS_FORMAT_SHORT),
-	OPT_BOOLEAN(0, "branch", &status_show_branch, "show branch information"),
-	OPT_SET_INT(0, "porcelain", &status_format,
-		    "machine-readable output", STATUS_FORMAT_PORCELAIN),
-	OPT_BOOLEAN('z', "null", &null_termination,
-		    "terminate entries with NUL"),
-	OPT_BOOLEAN(0, "amend", &amend, "amend previous commit"),
-	OPT_BOOLEAN(0, "no-post-rewrite", &no_post_rewrite, "bypass post-rewrite hook"),
-	{ OPTION_STRING, 'u', "untracked-files", &untracked_files_arg, "mode", "show untracked files, optional modes: all, normal, no. (Default: all)", PARSE_OPT_OPTARG, NULL, (intptr_t)"all" },
-	/* end commit contents options */
-
-	{ OPTION_BOOLEAN, 0, "allow-empty", &allow_empty, NULL,
-	  "ok to record an empty change",
-	  PARSE_OPT_NOARG | PARSE_OPT_HIDDEN },
-	{ OPTION_BOOLEAN, 0, "allow-empty-message", &allow_empty_message, NULL,
-	  "ok to record a change with an empty message",
-	  PARSE_OPT_NOARG | PARSE_OPT_HIDDEN },
-
-	OPT_END()
-};
-
 static void determine_whence(struct wt_status *s)
 {
 	if (file_exists(git_path("MERGE_HEAD")))
@@ -1046,6 +993,7 @@
 }
 
 static int parse_and_validate_options(int argc, const char *argv[],
+				      const struct option *options,
 				      const char * const usage[],
 				      const char *prefix,
 				      struct commit *current_head,
@@ -1053,8 +1001,7 @@
 {
 	int f = 0;
 
-	argc = parse_options(argc, argv, prefix, builtin_commit_options, usage,
-			     0);
+	argc = parse_options(argc, argv, prefix, options, usage, 0);
 
 	if (force_author && !strchr(force_author, '>'))
 		force_author = find_author_by_nickname(force_author);
@@ -1222,7 +1169,7 @@
 
 int cmd_status(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 {
-	struct wt_status s;
+	static struct wt_status s;
 	int fd;
 	unsigned char sha1[20];
 	static struct option builtin_status_options[] = {
@@ -1422,6 +1369,60 @@
 
 int cmd_commit(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 {
+	static struct wt_status s;
+	static struct option builtin_commit_options[] = {
+		OPT__QUIET(&quiet, "suppress summary after successful commit"),
+		OPT__VERBOSE(&verbose, "show diff in commit message template"),
+
+		OPT_GROUP("Commit message options"),
+		OPT_FILENAME('F', "file", &logfile, "read message from file"),
+		OPT_STRING(0, "author", &force_author, "author", "override author for commit"),
+		OPT_STRING(0, "date", &force_date, "date", "override date for commit"),
+		OPT_CALLBACK('m', "message", &message, "message", "commit message", opt_parse_m),
+		OPT_STRING('c', "reedit-message", &edit_message, "commit", "reuse and edit message from specified commit"),
+		OPT_STRING('C', "reuse-message", &use_message, "commit", "reuse message from specified commit"),
+		OPT_STRING(0, "fixup", &fixup_message, "commit", "use autosquash formatted message to fixup specified commit"),
+		OPT_STRING(0, "squash", &squash_message, "commit", "use autosquash formatted message to squash specified commit"),
+		OPT_BOOLEAN(0, "reset-author", &renew_authorship, "the commit is authored by me now (used with -C/-c/--amend)"),
+		OPT_BOOLEAN('s', "signoff", &signoff, "add Signed-off-by:"),
+		OPT_FILENAME('t', "template", &template_file, "use specified template file"),
+		OPT_BOOL('e', "edit", &edit_flag, "force edit of commit"),
+		OPT_STRING(0, "cleanup", &cleanup_arg, "default", "how to strip spaces and #comments from message"),
+		OPT_BOOLEAN(0, "status", &include_status, "include status in commit message template"),
+		{ OPTION_STRING, 'S', "gpg-sign", &sign_commit, "key id",
+		  "GPG sign commit", PARSE_OPT_OPTARG, NULL, (intptr_t) "" },
+		/* end commit message options */
+
+		OPT_GROUP("Commit contents options"),
+		OPT_BOOLEAN('a', "all", &all, "commit all changed files"),
+		OPT_BOOLEAN('i', "include", &also, "add specified files to index for commit"),
+		OPT_BOOLEAN(0, "interactive", &interactive, "interactively add files"),
+		OPT_BOOLEAN('p', "patch", &patch_interactive, "interactively add changes"),
+		OPT_BOOLEAN('o', "only", &only, "commit only specified files"),
+		OPT_BOOLEAN('n', "no-verify", &no_verify, "bypass pre-commit hook"),
+		OPT_BOOLEAN(0, "dry-run", &dry_run, "show what would be committed"),
+		OPT_SET_INT(0, "short", &status_format, "show status concisely",
+			    STATUS_FORMAT_SHORT),
+		OPT_BOOLEAN(0, "branch", &status_show_branch, "show branch information"),
+		OPT_SET_INT(0, "porcelain", &status_format,
+			    "machine-readable output", STATUS_FORMAT_PORCELAIN),
+		OPT_BOOLEAN('z', "null", &null_termination,
+			    "terminate entries with NUL"),
+		OPT_BOOLEAN(0, "amend", &amend, "amend previous commit"),
+		OPT_BOOLEAN(0, "no-post-rewrite", &no_post_rewrite, "bypass post-rewrite hook"),
+		{ OPTION_STRING, 'u', "untracked-files", &untracked_files_arg, "mode", "show untracked files, optional modes: all, normal, no. (Default: all)", PARSE_OPT_OPTARG, NULL, (intptr_t)"all" },
+		/* end commit contents options */
+
+		{ OPTION_BOOLEAN, 0, "allow-empty", &allow_empty, NULL,
+		  "ok to record an empty change",
+		  PARSE_OPT_NOARG | PARSE_OPT_HIDDEN },
+		{ OPTION_BOOLEAN, 0, "allow-empty-message", &allow_empty_message, NULL,
+		  "ok to record a change with an empty message",
+		  PARSE_OPT_NOARG | PARSE_OPT_HIDDEN },
+
+		OPT_END()
+	};
+
 	struct strbuf sb = STRBUF_INIT;
 	struct strbuf author_ident = STRBUF_INIT;
 	const char *index_file, *reflog_msg;
@@ -1431,7 +1432,6 @@
 	struct commit_list *parents = NULL, **pptr = &parents;
 	struct stat statbuf;
 	int allow_fast_forward = 1;
-	struct wt_status s;
 	struct commit *current_head = NULL;
 	struct commit_extra_header *extra = NULL;
 
@@ -1449,7 +1449,8 @@
 		if (!current_head || parse_commit(current_head))
 			die(_("could not parse HEAD commit"));
 	}
-	argc = parse_and_validate_options(argc, argv, builtin_commit_usage,
+	argc = parse_and_validate_options(argc, argv, builtin_commit_options,
+					  builtin_commit_usage,
 					  prefix, current_head, &s);
 	if (dry_run)
 		return dry_run_commit(argc, argv, prefix, current_head, &s);