From: Utku Gultopu <ugultopu@xxxxxxxxx>
Document the fact that the `--date` option in `git-commit` accepts any
date format that is accepted by the `approxidate_careful` function,
which is located in `date.c`.
Signed-off-by: Utku Gultopu <ugultopu@xxxxxxxxx>
---
doc: --date in git-commit accepts approxidates
Without the documentation, it is kind of a "hidden feature", which I was
able to discover only through online forums.
I guess this patch is not ideal, because instead of properly
documenting, it refers the user to the code. However I wasn't able to
find documentation about the "approxidates" which I can link to. Please
let me know how I can improve it.
Published-As: https://github.com/gitgitgadget/git/releases/tag/pr-git-969%2Fugultopu%2Fdocument-approxidates-for-date-argument-v1
Fetch-It-Via: git fetch https://github.com/gitgitgadget/git pr-git-969/ugultopu/document-approxidates-for-date-argument-v1
Pull-Request: https://github.com/git/git/pull/969
Documentation/date-formats.txt | 9 +++------
Documentation/git-commit.txt | 4 +++-
2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/date-formats.txt b/Documentation/date-formats.txt
index f1097fac69a6..8332f592e252 100644
--- a/Documentation/date-formats.txt
+++ b/Documentation/date-formats.txt
@@ -1,10 +1,7 @@
-DATE FORMATS
-------------
+DATE FORMATS[[DATES]]
+---------------------
-The `GIT_AUTHOR_DATE`, `GIT_COMMITTER_DATE` environment variables
-ifdef::git-commit[]
-and the `--date` option
-endif::git-commit[]
+The `GIT_AUTHOR_DATE` and `GIT_COMMITTER_DATE` environment variables
support the following date formats:
Git internal format::
diff --git a/Documentation/git-commit.txt b/Documentation/git-commit.txt
index 17150fa7eabe..b96b7715a0a8 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-commit.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-commit.txt
@@ -143,7 +143,9 @@ OPTIONS
the commit author is then copied from the first such commit found.
--date=<date>::
- Override the author date used in the commit.
+ Override the author date used in the commit. The '<date>' can be in
+ any format that is accepted by the `approxidate_careful` function
+ in `date.c` or the <<DATES, DATE FORMATS>> section below.
-m <msg>::
--message=<msg>::
base-commit: 966e671106b2fd38301e7c344c754fd118d0bb07
--
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