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| author | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2010-06-07 15:46:01 -0700 |
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| committer | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2010-06-07 15:46:01 -0700 |
| commit | 4a2b34eb0ca6ce740478bc4f57226c30cc0d25a7 (patch) | |
| tree | fde780652a6a3f3249bdef0062a86f5016bb7d5d /Documentation/git-commit.txt | |
| parent | 624016114ed96ebdbd896c51d68f15790d834042 (diff) | |
| parent | 3334729cf29605389b51effc1f311656f3fd8086 (diff) | |
| download | git-4a2b34eb0ca6ce740478bc4f57226c30cc0d25a7.tar.gz | |
Merge branch 'maint'
* maint:
commit.txt: clarify how --author argument is used
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/git-commit.txt')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-commit.txt | 9 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/git-commit.txt b/Documentation/git-commit.txt index 32c482f33f..c28603ecf5 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-commit.txt +++ b/Documentation/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. |