From: Linus Arver via GitGitGadget Date: Mon, 08 May 2023 17:27:43 GMT Subject: [PATCH 04/11] doc: trailer: explain "commit mesage part" on first usage Message-ID: <0c10e40794d208ba408a2b1c394fdbd6caa7a92a.1683566870.git.gitgitgadget@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: From: Linus Arver This phrase is used for the first time here, but it's not explained what it means. So explain it just in case it's not obvious. Signed-off-by: Linus Arver --- Documentation/git-interpret-trailers.txt | 6 +++--- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/git-interpret-trailers.txt b/Documentation/git-interpret-trailers.txt index 3e60a6eaabc..7d6e250f37e 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-interpret-trailers.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-interpret-trailers.txt @@ -22,9 +22,9 @@ This command reads some patches or commit messages from either the arguments or the standard input if no is specified. If `--parse` is specified, the output consists of the parsed trailers. -Otherwise, 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. +Otherwise, this command applies the arguments passed using the `--trailer` +option, if any, to the commit message part of each input file (as opposed to the +patch part following a '---' divider). The result is emitted to standard output. Some configuration variables control the way the `--trailer` arguments are applied to each commit message and the way any existing trailer in -- gitgitgadget