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diff --git a/Documentation/config/core.txt b/Documentation/config/core.txt
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@@ -523,7 +523,9 @@ core.commentChar::
Commands such as `commit` and `tag` that let you edit
messages consider a line that begins with this character
commented, and removes them after the editor returns
- (default '#').
+ (default '#'). Note that this option can take values larger than
+ a byte (whether a single multi-byte character, or you
+ could even go wild with a multi-character sequence).
+
If set to "auto", `git-commit` would select a character that is not
the beginning character of any line in existing commit messages.