[PATCH 03/21] doc: mention canonicalization in git i-t manual
); SAEximRunCond expanded to false
Signed-off-by: Anders Waldenborg <anders@0x63.nu>
---
Documentation/git-interpret-trailers.txt | 5 +++++
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
diff --git a/Documentation/git-interpret-trailers.txt b/Documentation/git-interpret-trailers.txt
index 96ec6499f0..a4be8aed66 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-interpret-trailers.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-interpret-trailers.txt
@@ -25,6 +25,11 @@ Otherwise, this command applies the arguments passed using the
`--trailer` option, if any, to the commit message part of each input
file. The result is emitted on the standard output.
+When trailers read from input they will be changed into "canonical"
+form if the trailer has a corresponding 'trailer.<token>.key'
+configuration value. This means that it will use the exact spelling
+(upper case vs lower case and separator) defined in configuration.
+
Some configuration variables control the way the `--trailer` arguments
are applied to each commit message and the way any existing trailer in
the commit message is changed. They also make it possible to
--
2.25.1
Anders Waldenborg <anders@0x63.nu>