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diff --git a/Documentation/git-interpret-trailers.txt b/Documentation/git-interpret-trailers.txt index be948e8028..1df8aabf51 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-interpret-trailers.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-interpret-trailers.txt @@ -3,24 +3,27 @@ git-interpret-trailers(1) NAME ---- -git-interpret-trailers - help add structured information into commit messages +git-interpret-trailers - add or parse structured information in commit messages SYNOPSIS -------- [verse] -'git interpret-trailers' [--in-place] [--trim-empty] [(--trailer <token>[(=|:)<value>])...] [<file>...] +'git interpret-trailers' [options] [(--trailer <token>[(=|:)<value>])...] [<file>...] +'git interpret-trailers' [options] [--parse] [<file>...] DESCRIPTION ----------- -Help adding 'trailers' lines, that look similar to RFC 822 e-mail +Help parsing or adding 'trailers' lines, that look similar to RFC 822 e-mail headers, at the end of the otherwise free-form part of a commit message. This command reads some patches or commit messages from either the -<file> arguments or the standard input if no <file> is specified. Then -this command applies the arguments passed using the `--trailer` -option, if any, to the commit message part of each input file. The -result is emitted on the standard output. +<file> arguments or the standard input if no <file> is specified. If +`--parse` is specified, the output consists of the parsed trailers. + +Otherwise, the this command applies the arguments passed using the +`--trailer` option, if any, to the commit message part of each input +file. The result is emitted on the standard output. Some configuration variables control the way the `--trailer` arguments are applied to each commit message and the way any existing trailer in @@ -92,6 +95,10 @@ OPTIONS Remove any whitespace-continuation in trailers, so that each trailer appears on a line by itself with its full content. +--parse:: + A convenience alias for `--only-trailers --only-input + --unfold`. + CONFIGURATION VARIABLES ----------------------- |