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authorLibravatar Bill Lear <rael@zopyra.com>2007-01-27 07:21:53 -0600
committerLibravatar Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>2007-01-27 13:46:59 -0800
commit16507fcf0a9991976815972faa253d77804d6f35 (patch)
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parentAllow the tag signing key to be specified in the config file (diff)
downloadtgif-16507fcf0a9991976815972faa253d77804d6f35.tar.xz
Document --check option to git diff.
Signed-off-by: Bill Lear <rael@zopyra.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
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@@ -23,7 +23,8 @@ probably need to split up your commit to finer grained pieces.
Oh, another thing. I am picky about whitespaces. Make sure your
changes do not trigger errors with the sample pre-commit hook shipped
-in templates/hooks--pre-commit.
+in templates/hooks--pre-commit. To help ensure this does not happen,
+run git diff --check on your changes before you commit.
(2) Generate your patch using git tools out of your commits.