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@@ -83,6 +83,12 @@ placeholders, its output is not affected by other options like
<full commit message>
+* 'mboxrd'
++
+Like 'email', but lines in the commit message starting with "From "
+(preceded by zero or more ">") are quoted with ">" so they aren't
+confused as starting a new commit.
+
* 'raw'
+
The 'raw' format shows the entire commit exactly as
@@ -190,8 +196,8 @@ The placeholders are:
'%ce':: committer email
'%cE':: committer email (respecting .mailmap, see
linkgit:git-shortlog[1] or linkgit:git-blame[1])
-'%cl':: author email local-part (the part before the '@' sign)
-'%cL':: author local-part (see '%cl') respecting .mailmap, see
+'%cl':: committer email local-part (the part before the '@' sign)
+'%cL':: committer local-part (see '%cl') respecting .mailmap, see
linkgit:git-shortlog[1] or linkgit:git-blame[1])
'%cd':: committer date (format respects --date= option)
'%cD':: committer date, RFC2822 style