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| author | Stephen Boyd <bebarino@gmail.com> | 2009-05-03 23:46:58 -0700 |
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| committer | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2009-05-05 22:09:31 -0700 |
| commit | 7713e053fd13a09b548cb65d99dfca986064955e (patch) | |
| tree | 1367338cf7716d8a50deb6a4f7b89d025605d4c8 /Documentation/git-am.txt | |
| parent | e77063fccb4c1627bd4656a42a508391d16e7482 (diff) | |
| download | git-7713e053fd13a09b548cb65d99dfca986064955e.tar.gz | |
git-am.txt: reword extra headers in message body
Signed-off-by: Stephen Boyd <bebarino@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/git-am.txt')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-am.txt | 8 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/git-am.txt b/Documentation/git-am.txt index ea84cbb814..6d92cbee64 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-am.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-am.txt @@ -121,10 +121,10 @@ the commit, after stripping common prefix "[PATCH <anything>]". The "Subject: " line is supposed to concisely describe what the commit is about in one line of text. -The body of the message (the rest of the message after the blank line -that terminates the RFC2822 headers) can begin with "Subject: " and -"From: " lines that are different from those of the mail header, -to override the values of these fields. +"From: " and "Subject: " lines starting the body (the rest of the +message after the blank line terminating the RFC2822 headers) +override the respective commit author name and title values taken +from the headers. The commit message is formed by the title taken from the "Subject: ", a blank line and the body of the message up to |