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[PATCH v3 2/4] Documentation: clarify 'complete message'

From
Christian Couder <christian.couder@gmail.com>
Date
Jul 7, 2020, 17:40 UTC
Message-ID
<20200707174049.21714-3-chriscool@tuxfamily.org>
In-Reply-To
<20200707174049.21714-1-chriscool@tuxfamily.org>

In Documentation/git-for-each-ref.txt let's clarify what we mean by "complete message".

Signed-off-by: Christian Couder <chriscool@tuxfamily.org>
---
 Documentation/git-for-each-ref.txt | 5 +++--
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/git-for-each-ref.txt b/Documentation/git-for-each-ref.txt
index 2db9779d54..788258c3ad 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-for-each-ref.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-for-each-ref.txt
@@ -232,8 +232,9 @@ Fields that have name-email-date tuple as its value (`author`,
 `committer`, and `tagger`) can be suffixed with `name`, `email`,
 and `date` to extract the named component.
 
-The complete message of a commit or tag object is `contents`. This
-field can also be used in the following ways:
+The complete message (subject, body, trailers and signature) of a
+commit or tag object is `contents`. This field can also be used in the
+following ways:
 
 contents:subject::
 	The "subject" of the commit or tag message.  It's actually the
-- 
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Message 5 of 39 in “Add support for %(contents:size) in ref-filter”
  1. 0/4 Add support for %(contents:size) in ref-filterChristian Couder, Jul 7, 2020
  2. 1/4 Documentation: clarify %(contents:XXXX) docChristian Couder, Jul 7, 2020
  3. Junio C HamanoJul 7, 2020
  4. Christian CouderJul 10, 2020
  5. 2/4 Documentation: clarify 'complete message'Christian Couder, Jul 7, 2020
  6. Junio C HamanoJul 7, 2020
  7. 3/4 t6300: test refs pointing to tree and blobChristian Couder, Jul 7, 2020
  8. Junio C HamanoJul 7, 2020
  9. 4/4 ref-filter: add support for %(contents:size)Christian Couder, Jul 7, 2020
  10. Junio C HamanoJul 7, 2020
  11. Junio C HamanoJul 9, 2020
  12. Christian CouderJul 9, 2020
  13. Junio C HamanoJul 9, 2020
  14. Junio C HamanoJul 7, 2020
  15. Junio C HamanoJul 8, 2020
  16. 0/3 Add support for %(contents:size) in ref-filterChristian Couder, Jul 10, 2020
  17. 1/3 Documentation: clarify %(contents:XXXX) docChristian Couder, Jul 10, 2020
  18. Junio C HamanoJul 10, 2020
  19. 3/3 ref-filter: add support for %(contents:size)Christian Couder, Jul 10, 2020
  20. Junio C HamanoJul 10, 2020
  21. 2/3 t6300: test refs pointing to tree and blobChristian Couder, Jul 10, 2020
  22. Junio C HamanoJul 10, 2020
  23. 0/3 Add support for %(contents:size) in ref-filterChristian Couder, Jul 16, 2020
  24. 1/3 Documentation: clarify %(contents:XXXX) docChristian Couder, Jul 16, 2020
  25. 2/3 t6300: test refs pointing to tree and blobChristian Couder, Jul 16, 2020
  26. 3/3 ref-filter: add support for %(contents:size)Christian Couder, Jul 16, 2020
  27. Alban GruinJul 31, 2020
  28. t6300: fix issues related to %(contents:size)Alban Gruin, Jul 31, 2020
  29. Jeff KingJul 31, 2020
  30. Alban GruinJul 31, 2020
  31. Junio C HamanoJul 31, 2020
  32. Jeff KingJul 31, 2020
  33. t6300: fix issues related to %(contents:size)Alban Gruin, Jul 31, 2020
  34. Jeff KingJul 31, 2020
  35. Jeff KingJul 31, 2020
  36. Christian CouderJul 31, 2020
  37. Junio C HamanoJul 31, 2020
  38. Jeff KingJul 31, 2020
  39. Junio C HamanoJul 16, 2020

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