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| author | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2008-08-27 10:13:13 +0400 |
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| committer | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2008-08-31 08:04:50 +0400 |
| commit | 146ea068a0434a7423d8b0d77f27ccff0a584ac4 (patch) | |
| tree | 67a5e1fe2e6125a8209d7f6ce9e5d9eb358954f2 /Documentation/git-commit.txt | |
| parent | 53d1589ff6bd336e3ece39e0a963a3d2a537cf96 (diff) | |
git commit --author=$name: look $name up in existing commits
This allows "git commit --author=$name" to accept a name that is not in
the required "A U Thor <author@example.xz>" format, and use that to look
up an author name that matches from existing commits.
When using this feature, it is the user's responsibility to give a name
that uniquely matches the name s/he wants, as the logic returns the name
from the first matching commit.
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/git-commit.txt')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-commit.txt | 6 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/git-commit.txt b/Documentation/git-commit.txt index 0e25bb8627..eb05b0f49b 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-commit.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-commit.txt @@ -75,8 +75,10 @@ OPTIONS read the message from the standard input. --author=<author>:: - Override the author name used in the commit. Use - `A U Thor <author@example.com>` format. + Override the author name used in the commit. You can use the + standard `A U Thor <author@example.com>` format. Otherwise, + an existing commit that matches the given string and its author + name is used. -m <msg>:: --message=<msg>:: |