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diff --git a/Documentation/git-revert.txt b/Documentation/git-revert.txt index 5016755efb..cbe0208834 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-revert.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-revert.txt @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ git-revert - Revert some existing commits SYNOPSIS -------- [verse] -'git revert' [--[no-]edit] [-n] [-m parent-number] [-s] [-S[<keyid>]] <commit>... +'git revert' [--[no-]edit] [-n] [-m <parent-number>] [-s] [-S[<keyid>]] <commit>... 'git revert' (--continue | --skip | --abort | --quit) DESCRIPTION @@ -142,6 +142,16 @@ EXAMPLES changes. The revert only modifies the working tree and the index. +DISCUSSION +---------- + +While git creates a basic commit message automatically, it is +_strongly_ recommended to explain why the original commit is being +reverted. +In addition, repeatedly reverting reverts will result in increasingly +unwieldy subject lines, for example 'Reapply "Reapply "<original subject>""'. +Please consider rewording these to be shorter and more unique. + CONFIGURATION ------------- |