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-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-commit.txt11
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/git-commit.txt b/Documentation/git-commit.txt
index afb06adba4..8c74a2ca03 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-commit.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-commit.txt
@@ -196,11 +196,12 @@ whitespace::
verbatim::
Do not change the message at all.
scissors::
- Same as `whitespace`, except that everything from (and
- including) the line
- "`# ------------------------ >8 ------------------------`"
- is truncated if the message is to be edited. "`#`" can be
- customized with core.commentChar.
+ Same as `whitespace` except that everything from (and including)
+ the line found below is truncated, if the message is to be edited.
+ "`#`" can be customized with core.commentChar.
+
+ # ------------------------ >8 ------------------------
+
default::
Same as `strip` if the message is to be edited.
Otherwise `whitespace`.