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| author | Junio C Hamano <junio@kernel.org> | 2010-06-08 05:53:58 +0000 |
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| committer | Junio C Hamano <junio@kernel.org> | 2010-06-08 05:53:58 +0000 |
| commit | 13002fbb3347e98e74c1ff7ec581fda52a09dd72 (patch) | |
| tree | 0448e398747d7336c6541ae8e64c609644fecbb8 /git-commit.txt | |
| parent | e32ec8b89b623de73d1ccacb430b1c4ab16e4fcb (diff) | |
| download | git-htmldocs-13002fbb3347e98e74c1ff7ec581fda52a09dd72.tar.gz | |
Autogenerated HTML docs for v1.7.1-251-g92a7
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diff --git a/git-commit.txt b/git-commit.txt index 32c482f33..c28603ecf 100644 --- a/git-commit.txt +++ b/git-commit.txt @@ -95,10 +95,11 @@ OPTIONS read the message from the standard input. --author=<author>:: - Override the author name used in the commit. You can use the - standard `A U Thor <author@example.com>` format. Otherwise, - an existing commit that matches the given string and its author - name is used. + Override the commit author. Specify an explicit author using the + standard `A U Thor <author@example.com>` format. Otherwise <author> + is assumed to be a pattern and is used to search for an existing + commit by that author (i.e. rev-list --all -i --author=<author>); + the commit author is then copied from the first such commit found. --date=<date>:: Override the author date used in the commit. |