diff --git a/reformat.sh b/reformat.sh
index 14e7c48352..dd9dcaa87a 100755
--- a/reformat.sh
+++ b/reformat.sh
@@ -1,14 +1,24 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 DIR=$1
+COMMIT=$2
+
+function do_commit {
+  if [ $COMMIT == 1 ] ;then
+      git commit $1 --author="uncrustify <pat@moreproductive.org>" \
+          --message="uncrustify";
+  fi
+}
 
 function format_cpp {
   echo 'format_cpp' $1
   uncrustify --no-backup -c uncrustify_cpp.cfg $1
+  do_commit $1
 }
 
 function format_header {
   echo 'format_header' $1
   uncrustify --no-backup -c uncrustify_headers.cfg  $1
+  do_commit $1
 }
 
 PDEFILES=`find $DIR -name '*.pde' -print`