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commit.txt: clarify how --author argument is used
commit --author was added by 146ea06
(git commit --author=$name: look $name up
in existing commits), but its documentation was sorely lacking compared to its
excellent commit message. This commit tries to improve the documentation.
Signed-off-by: Jay Soffian <jaysoffian@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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read the message from the standard input.
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--author=<author>::
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Override the author name used in the commit. You can use the
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standard `A U Thor <author@example.com>` format. Otherwise,
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an existing commit that matches the given string and its author
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name is used.
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Override the commit author. Specify an explicit author using the
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standard `A U Thor <author@example.com>` format. Otherwise <author>
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is assumed to be a pattern and is used to search for an existing
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commit by that author (i.e. rev-list --all -i --author=<author>);
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the commit author is then copied from the first such commit found.
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--date=<date>::
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Override the author date used in the commit.
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