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@@ -275,6 +275,17 @@ header). Note also that `git send-email` already handles this
transformation for you, and this option should not be used if you are
feeding the result to `git send-email`.
+--[no-]force-in-body-from::
+ With the e-mail sender specified via the `--from` option, by
+ default, an in-body "From:" to identify the real author of
+ the commit is added at the top of the commit log message if
+ the sender is different from the author. With this option,
+ the in-body "From:" is added even when the sender and the
+ author have the same name and address, which may help if the
+ mailing list software mangles the sender's identity.
+ Defaults to the value of the `format.forceInBodyFrom`
+ configuration variable.
+
--add-header=<header>::
Add an arbitrary header to the email headers. This is in addition
to any configured headers, and may be used multiple times.