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* maint:
  commit.txt: clarify how --author argument is used
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Junio C Hamano 2010-06-07 15:46:01 -07:00
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@ -95,10 +95,11 @@ OPTIONS
read the message from the standard input.
--author=<author>::
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.
Override the commit author. Specify an explicit author using the
standard `A U Thor <author@example.com>` format. Otherwise <author>
is assumed to be a pattern and is used to search for an existing
commit by that author (i.e. rev-list --all -i --author=<author>);
the commit author is then copied from the first such commit found.
--date=<date>::
Override the author date used in the commit.