On Tue, Jun 6, 2023 at 4:08 AM Linus Arver via GitGitGadget <gitgitgadget@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > From: Linus Arver <linusa@xxxxxxxxxx> > > The 'key' option is used frequently in the examples at the bottom but > there is no mention of it in the description. > > Signed-off-by: Linus Arver <linusa@xxxxxxxxxx> > --- > Documentation/git-interpret-trailers.txt | 4 +++- > 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) > > diff --git a/Documentation/git-interpret-trailers.txt b/Documentation/git-interpret-trailers.txt > index b034784e1d8..2e92640543c 100644 > --- a/Documentation/git-interpret-trailers.txt > +++ b/Documentation/git-interpret-trailers.txt > @@ -48,7 +48,9 @@ token: value > ------------------------------------------------ > > This means that the trimmed <token> and <value> will be separated by > -`': '` (one colon followed by one space). > +`': '` (one colon followed by one space). If the <token> should have a different > +string representation than itself, then the 'key' can be configured with > +'trailer.<token>.key'. I would rather say something like: "A <token> can be a shortcut name, for example "sign", instead of the full string, for example "Signed-off-by", which should appear before the separator on the output. This can be configured using the 'trailer.<token>.key' configuration variable."
