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authorJunio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2013-07-15 14:11:16 -0700
committerJunio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2013-07-15 14:11:16 -0700
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@@ -1576,6 +1576,27 @@ will want to ensure that threading is disabled for <code>git send-email</code>.<
</p>
</dd>
<dt class="hdlist1">
+--from
+</dt>
+<dt class="hdlist1">
+--from=&lt;ident&gt;
+</dt>
+<dd>
+<p>
+ Use <code>ident</code> in the <code>From:</code> header of each commit email. If the
+ author ident of the commit is not textually identical to the
+ provided <code>ident</code>, place a <code>From:</code> header in the body of the
+ message with the original author. If no <code>ident</code> is given, use
+ the committer ident.
+</p>
+<div class="paragraph"><p>Note that this option is only useful if you are actually sending the
+emails and want to identify yourself as the sender, but retain the
+original author (and <code>git am</code> will correctly pick up the in-body
+header). Note also that <code>git send-email</code> already handles this
+transformation for you, and this option should not be used if you are
+feeding the result to <code>git send-email</code>.</p></div>
+</dd>
+<dt class="hdlist1">
--add-header=&lt;header&gt;
</dt>
<dd>
@@ -2063,7 +2084,7 @@ as e-mailable patches:
<div id="footnotes"><hr /></div>
<div id="footer">
<div id="footer-text">
-Last updated 2013-04-18 12:36:32 PDT
+Last updated 2013-07-15 14:10:48 PDT
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</div>
</body>