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[PATCH] config doc: user.signingkey is also used for signed commits

From
Nicolas Vigier <boklm@mars-attacks.org>
Date
Oct 14, 2013, 17:04 UTC
Message-ID
<1381770276-12062-1-git-send-email-boklm@mars-attacks.org>
The description of the user.signingkey option only mentioned its use
when creating a signed tag. Make it clear that is is also used when
creating signed commits.
---
 Documentation/config.txt | 10 +++++-----
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt
index ec57a15..50c5add 100644
--- a/Documentation/config.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config.txt
@@ -2251,11 +2251,11 @@ user.name::
 	environment variables.  See linkgit:git-commit-tree[1].
 
 user.signingkey::
-	If linkgit:git-tag[1] is not selecting the key you want it to
-	automatically when creating a signed tag, you can override the
-	default selection with this variable.  This option is passed
-	unchanged to gpg's --local-user parameter, so you may specify a key
-	using any method that gpg supports.
+	If linkgit:git-tag[1] or linkgit:git-commit[1] is not selecting the
+	key you want it to automatically when creating a signed tag or
+	commit, you can override the default selection with this variable.
+	This option is passed unchanged to gpg's --local-user parameter,
+	so you may specify a key using any method that gpg supports.
 
 web.browser::
 	Specify a web browser that may be used by some commands.
-- 
1.8.4
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