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| author |  Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2008-09-02 17:45:28 -0700 |
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| committer | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2008-09-02 17:45:28 -0700 |
| commit | 1c12b38601b5b4da61a2e90540a8de56261d93af (patch) | |
| tree | 8e08f3c26cd54c859d1e58c742e75aa2d53cc932 /Documentation | |
| parent | Merge branch 'dp/pid-uintmax' (diff) | |
| parent | git commit --author=$name: look $name up in existing commits (diff) | |
| download | tgif-1c12b38601b5b4da61a2e90540a8de56261d93af.tar.xz | |
Merge branch 'jc/author-nickname'
* jc/author-nickname:
git commit --author=$name: look $name up in existing commits
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-commit.txt | 6 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/git-commit.txt b/Documentation/git-commit.txt index 0e25bb8627..eb05b0f49b 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-commit.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-commit.txt @@ -75,8 +75,10 @@ OPTIONS read the message from the standard input. --author=<author>:: - Override the author name used in the commit. Use - `A U Thor <author@example.com>` format. + 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. -m <msg>:: --message=<msg>:: |