From: Linus Arver <linusa@xxxxxxxxxx> Previously, "message" could mean the input, output, commit message, or "internal body text inside the commit message" (in the EXAMPLES section). Avoid overloading this term by using the appropriate meanings explicitly. Signed-off-by: Linus Arver <linusa@xxxxxxxxxx> --- Documentation/git-interpret-trailers.txt | 50 ++++++++++++------------ 1 file changed, 25 insertions(+), 25 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/git-interpret-trailers.txt b/Documentation/git-interpret-trailers.txt index d0a0b303880..58a9c691492 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-interpret-trailers.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-interpret-trailers.txt @@ -83,12 +83,12 @@ OPTIONS --trim-empty:: If the <value> part of any trailer contains only whitespace, - the whole trailer will be removed from the resulting message. + the whole trailer will be removed from the output. This applies to existing trailers as well as new trailers. --trailer <token>[(=|:)<value>]:: Specify a (<token>, <value>) pair that should be applied as a - trailer to the input messages. See the description of this + trailer to the inputs. See the description of this command. --where <placement>:: @@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ OPTIONS --if-exists <action>:: --no-if-exists:: Specify what action will be performed when there is already at - least one trailer with the same <token> in the message. A setting + least one trailer with the same <token> in the input. A setting provided with '--if-exists' overrides all configuration variables and applies to all '--trailer' options until the next occurrence of '--if-exists' or '--no-if-exists'. Possible actions are `addIfDifferent`, @@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ OPTIONS --if-missing <action>:: --no-if-missing:: Specify what action will be performed when there is no other - trailer with the same <token> in the message. A setting + trailer with the same <token> in the input. A setting provided with '--if-missing' overrides all configuration variables and applies to all '--trailer' options until the next occurrence of '--if-missing' or '--no-if-missing'. Possible actions are `doNothing` @@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ first trailer with the same <token>. trailer.ifexists:: This option makes it possible to choose what action will be performed when there is already at least one trailer with the - same <token> in the message. + same <token> in the input. + The valid values for this option are: `addIfDifferentNeighbor` (this is the default), `addIfDifferent`, `add`, `replace` or `doNothing`. @@ -188,10 +188,10 @@ trailer with the same (<token>, <value>) pair is above or below the line where the new trailer will be added. + With `addIfDifferent`, a new trailer will be added only if no trailer -with the same (<token>, <value>) pair is already in the message. +with the same (<token>, <value>) pair is already in the input. + With `add`, a new trailer will be added, even if some trailers with -the same (<token>, <value>) pair are already in the message. +the same (<token>, <value>) pair are already in the input. + With `replace`, an existing trailer with the same <token> will be deleted and the new trailer will be added. The deleted trailer will be @@ -199,12 +199,12 @@ the closest one (with the same <token>) to the place where the new one will be added. + With `doNothing`, nothing will be done; that is no new trailer will be -added if there is already one with the same <token> in the message. +added if there is already one with the same <token> in the input. trailer.ifmissing:: This option makes it possible to choose what action will be performed when there is not yet any trailer with the same - <token> in the message. + <token> in the input. + The valid values for this option are: `add` (this is the default) and `doNothing`. @@ -276,37 +276,37 @@ EXAMPLES -------- * Configure a 'sign' trailer with a 'Signed-off-by' key, and then - add two of these trailers to a message: + add two of these trailers to a commit message file: + ------------ $ git config trailer.sign.key "Signed-off-by" $ cat msg.txt subject -message +body text $ git interpret-trailers --trailer 'sign: Alice <alice@xxxxxxxxxxx>' --trailer 'sign: Bob <bob@xxxxxxxxxxx>' <msg.txt subject -message +body text Signed-off-by: Alice <alice@xxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Bob <bob@xxxxxxxxxxx> ------------ -* Use the `--in-place` option to edit a message file in place: +* Use the `--in-place` option to edit a commit message file in place: + ------------ $ cat msg.txt subject -message +body text Signed-off-by: Bob <bob@xxxxxxxxxxx> $ git interpret-trailers --trailer 'Acked-by: Alice <alice@xxxxxxxxxxx>' --in-place msg.txt $ cat msg.txt subject -message +body text Signed-off-by: Bob <bob@xxxxxxxxxxx> Acked-by: Alice <alice@xxxxxxxxxxx> @@ -329,7 +329,7 @@ $ git interpret-trailers --trailer 'Cc: Alice <alice@xxxxxxxxxxx>' --trailer 'Re $ cat msg1.txt subject -message +body text $ git config trailer.sign.key "Signed-off-by: " $ git config trailer.sign.ifmissing add $ git config trailer.sign.ifexists doNothing @@ -337,19 +337,19 @@ $ git config trailer.sign.cmd 'echo "$(git config user.name) <$(git config user. $ git interpret-trailers --trailer sign <msg1.txt subject -message +body text Signed-off-by: Bob <bob@xxxxxxxxxxx> $ cat msg2.txt subject -message +body text Signed-off-by: Alice <alice@xxxxxxxxxxx> $ git interpret-trailers --trailer sign <msg2.txt subject -message +body text Signed-off-by: Alice <alice@xxxxxxxxxxx> ------------ @@ -377,14 +377,14 @@ test -n "$1" && git log --author="$1" --pretty="%an <%ae>" -1 || true $ cat msg.txt subject -message +body text $ git config trailer.help.key "Helped-by: " $ git config trailer.help.ifExists "addIfDifferentNeighbor" $ git config trailer.help.cmd "~/bin/glog-find-author" $ git interpret-trailers --trailer="help:Junio" --trailer="help:Couder" <msg.txt subject -message +body text Helped-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@xxxxxxxxx> Helped-by: Christian Couder <christian.couder@xxxxxxxxx> @@ -401,14 +401,14 @@ test -n "$1" && git log --grep "$1" --pretty=reference -1 || true $ cat msg.txt subject -message +body text $ git config trailer.ref.key "Reference-to: " $ git config trailer.ref.ifExists "replace" $ git config trailer.ref.cmd "~/bin/glog-grep" $ git interpret-trailers --trailer="ref:Add copyright notices." <msg.txt subject -message +body text Reference-to: 8bc9a0c769 (Add copyright notices., 2005-04-07) ------------ @@ -420,7 +420,7 @@ Reference-to: 8bc9a0c769 (Add copyright notices., 2005-04-07) $ cat msg.txt subject -message +body text see: HEAD~2 $ cat ~/bin/glog-ref @@ -433,7 +433,7 @@ $ git config trailer.see.cmd "glog-ref" $ git interpret-trailers --trailer=see <msg.txt subject -message +body text See-also: fe3187489d69c4 (subject of related commit) ------------ -- gitgitgadget
