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diff --git a/Documentation/git-revert.txt b/Documentation/git-revert.txt index d2e10d3dce..568925db53 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-revert.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-revert.txt @@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ include::rerere-options.txt[] --reference:: Instead of starting the body of the log message with "This - reverts <full object name of the commit being reverted>.", + reverts <full-object-name-of-the-commit-being-reverted>.", refer to the commit using "--pretty=reference" format (cf. linkgit:git-log[1]). The `revert.reference` configuration variable can be used to enable this option by @@ -142,6 +142,16 @@ EXAMPLES changes. The revert only modifies the working tree and the index. +DISCUSSION +---------- + +While git creates a basic commit message automatically, it is +_strongly_ recommended to explain why the original commit is being +reverted. +In addition, repeatedly reverting reverts will result in increasingly +unwieldy subject lines, for example 'Reapply "Reapply "<original-subject>""'. +Please consider rewording these to be shorter and more unique. + CONFIGURATION ------------- |