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--- a/Documentation/git-commit-tree.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-commit-tree.txt
@@ -8,7 +8,8 @@ git-commit-tree - Create a new commit object
SYNOPSIS
--------
-'git commit-tree' <tree> [-p <parent commit>]\* < changelog
+[verse]
+'git commit-tree' <tree> [(-p <parent commit>)...] < changelog
DESCRIPTION
-----------
@@ -67,12 +68,15 @@ if set:
In case (some of) these environment variables are not set, the information
is taken from the configuration items user.name and user.email, or, if not
-present, system user name and fully qualified hostname.
+present, system user name and the hostname used for outgoing mail (taken
+from `/etc/mailname` and falling back to the fully qualified hostname when
+that file does not exist).
A commit comment is read from stdin. If a changelog
-entry is not provided via "<" redirection, 'git-commit-tree' will just wait
+entry is not provided via "<" redirection, 'git commit-tree' will just wait
for one to be entered and terminated with ^D.
+include::date-formats.txt[]
Diagnostics
-----------
@@ -88,19 +92,14 @@ Discussion
include::i18n.txt[]
+FILES
+-----
+/etc/mailname
+
SEE ALSO
--------
linkgit:git-write-tree[1]
-
-Author
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-Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
-
-Documentation
---------------
-Documentation by David Greaves, Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>.
-
GIT
---
Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite