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[PATCH 3/3] git-am.txt: reword extra headers in message body

From
Stephen Boyd <bebarino@gmail.com>
Date
May 4, 2009, 06:46 UTC
Message-ID
<1241419618-20304-4-git-send-email-bebarino@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To
<1241419618-20304-3-git-send-email-bebarino@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Stephen Boyd <bebarino@gmail.com>
---
 Documentation/git-am.txt |    8 ++++----
 1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/git-am.txt b/Documentation/git-am.txt
index c141261..95e6089 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-am.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-am.txt
@@ -121,10 +121,10 @@ the commit, after stripping common prefix "[PATCH <anything>]".
 The "Subject: " line is supposed to concisely describe what the
 commit is about in one line of text.
 
-The body of the message (the rest of the message after the blank line
-that terminates the RFC2822 headers) can begin with "Subject: " and
-"From: " lines that are different from those of the mail header,
-to override the values of these fields.
+"From: " and "Subject: " lines starting the body (the rest of the
+message after the blank line terminating the RFC2822 headers)
+override the respective commit author name and title values taken
+from the headers.
 
 The commit message is formed by the title taken from the
 "Subject: ", a blank line and the body of the message up to
-- 
1.6.2.3
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Message 4 of 8 in “git-am documentation”
  1. 0/3 git-am documentationStephen Boyd, May 4, 2009
  2. 1/3 git-am.txt: add an 'a', say what 'it' is, simplify a sentenceStephen Boyd, May 4, 2009
  3. 2/3 git-am.txt: Use date instead of time or timestampStephen Boyd, May 4, 2009
  4. 3/3 git-am.txt: reword extra headers in message bodyStephen Boyd, May 4, 2009
  5. Jeff KingMay 4, 2009
  6. Junio C HamanoMay 4, 2009
  7. Jeff KingMay 4, 2009
  8. Michael J GruberMay 4, 2009

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