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-rw-r--r--builtin/commit.c18
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 12 deletions
diff --git a/builtin/commit.c b/builtin/commit.c
index 7d90c35915..6055c760f0 100644
--- a/builtin/commit.c
+++ b/builtin/commit.c
@@ -34,12 +34,12 @@
#include "mailmap.h"
static const char * const builtin_commit_usage[] = {
- N_("git commit [options] [--] <pathspec>..."),
+ N_("git commit [<options>] [--] <pathspec>..."),
NULL
};
static const char * const builtin_status_usage[] = {
- N_("git status [options] [--] <pathspec>..."),
+ N_("git status [<options>] [--] <pathspec>..."),
NULL
};
@@ -559,20 +559,14 @@ static void set_ident_var(char **buf, char *val)
*buf = val;
}
-static char *envdup(const char *var)
-{
- const char *val = getenv(var);
- return val ? xstrdup(val) : NULL;
-}
-
static void determine_author_info(struct strbuf *author_ident)
{
char *name, *email, *date;
struct ident_split author;
- name = envdup("GIT_AUTHOR_NAME");
- email = envdup("GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL");
- date = envdup("GIT_AUTHOR_DATE");
+ name = xstrdup_or_null(getenv("GIT_AUTHOR_NAME"));
+ email = xstrdup_or_null(getenv("GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL"));
+ date = xstrdup_or_null(getenv("GIT_AUTHOR_DATE"));
if (author_message) {
struct ident_split ident;
@@ -1056,7 +1050,7 @@ static const char *find_author_by_nickname(const char *name)
clear_mailmap(&mailmap);
return strbuf_detach(&buf, NULL);
}
- die(_("No existing author found with '%s'"), name);
+ die(_("--author '%s' is not 'Name <email>' and matches no existing author"), name);
}