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[PATCH] Document commit.template configuration variable.

From
Brian Gernhardt <benji@silverinsanity.com>
Date
Jul 26, 2007, 20:34 UTC
Message-ID
<20070726203459.GA10283@Hermes.local>

Add it to the list in config.txt and explicitly say that the --template option to git-commit overrides the configuration variable. ---

 d1cc130a5eb50d5bfe1e8b76cab3d8970fd70ad1 added a config var, but
 didn't add it to the full list.
 Documentation/config.txt     |    3 +++
 Documentation/git-commit.txt |    5 ++---
 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt
index dd98d95..3135cb7 100644
--- a/Documentation/config.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config.txt
@@ -393,6 +393,9 @@ color.status.<slot>::
 	or `untracked` (files which are not tracked by git). The values of
 	these variables may be specified as in color.branch.<slot>.
 
+commit.template::
+	Specify a file to use as the template for new commit messages.
+
 diff.renameLimit::
 	The number of files to consider when performing the copy/rename
 	detection; equivalent to the git diff option '-l'.
diff --git a/Documentation/git-commit.txt b/Documentation/git-commit.txt
index 3f36c67..627994e 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-commit.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-commit.txt
@@ -78,9 +78,8 @@ OPTIONS
 	Use the contents of the given file as the initial version
 	of the commit message. The editor is invoked and you can
 	make subsequent changes. If a message is specified using
-	the `-m` or `-F` options, this option has no effect. The
-	template file may also be specified using the `commit.template`
-	configuration variable.
+	the `-m` or `-F` options, this option has no effect. This
+	overrides the `commit.template` configuration variable.
 
 -s|--signoff::
 	Add Signed-off-by line at the end of the commit message.
-- 
1.5.3.rc2.38.g11308
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