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authorLinus Arver <linusa@google.com>2023-06-15 02:53:49 +0000
committerJunio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2023-06-14 21:42:20 -0700
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doc: trailer: mention 'key' in DESCRIPTION
The 'key' option is used frequently in the examples at the bottom but there is no mention of it in the description. Signed-off-by: Linus Arver <linusa@google.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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This means that the trimmed <token> and <value> will be separated by
-`': '` (one colon followed by one space).
+`': '` (one colon followed by one space). For convenience, the <token> can be a
+shortened string key (e.g., "sign") instead of the full string which should
+appear before the separator on the output (e.g., "Signed-off-by"). This can be
+configured using the 'trailer.<token>.key' configuration variable.
By default the new trailer will appear at the end of all the existing
trailers. If there is no existing trailer, the new trailer will appear