[PATCH] Documentation: explain "mboxrd" pretty format

From

Emma Brooks <me@pluvano.com>

Date

Apr 16, 2020, 04:16 UTC

Message-ID

<20200416041658.85100-1-me@pluvano.com>

Signed-off-by: Emma Brooks <me@pluvano.com>
---
 Documentation/pretty-formats.txt | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/Documentation/pretty-formats.txt b/Documentation/pretty-formats.txt
index a4b6f49186..547a552463 100644
--- a/Documentation/pretty-formats.txt
+++ b/Documentation/pretty-formats.txt
@@ -83,6 +83,12 @@ placeholders, its output is not affected by other options like
 
 	  <full commit message>
 
+* 'mboxrd'
++
+Like 'email', but lines in the commit message starting with "From "
+(preceded by zero or more ">") are quoted with ">" so they aren't
+confused as starting a new commit.
+
 * 'raw'
 +
 The 'raw' format shows the entire commit exactly as