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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-commit.txt | 9 |
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diff --git a/Documentation/git-commit.txt b/Documentation/git-commit.txt index 64fb458b45..69eb86e450 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. |