Re: [PATCH v2] git-commit.txt: Correct option alternatives

From: Jon Loeliger <jdl@freescale.com>
Date: Jun 8, 2008, 01:36 UTC
Message-ID: <484B37B6.1040408@freescale.com>
In-Reply-To: <1212836805-20684-1-git-send-email-s-beyer@gmx.net>

Stephan Beyer wrote:

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> This patch fixes the SYNOPSIS in git-commit.txt:
>  * --amend is not an alternative option to -c/-C/-F/-m
>  * -m and -F are not alternative options to -c/-C,
>    because you can reuse authorship from a commit (-c/-C)
>    but change the message (-m/-F).
> 
> Furthermore, for long-option consistency --author <author>
> is changed to --author=<author>.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Stephan Beyer <s-beyer@gmx.net>

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> ---author <author>::
> +--author=<author>::
>  	Override the author name used in the commit.  Use
>  	`A U Thor <author@example.com>` format.
>

Hey Junio,

Say, if we were to document and espouse one form over the other, which would you recommend or prefer?

jdl