From: Linus Arver via GitGitGadget Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2023 02:53:49 GMT Subject: [PATCH v4 8/9] doc: trailer: mention 'key' in DESCRIPTION Message-ID: <604265c54dff9b2f16b8bf3b1964cae6280b756c.1686797630.git.gitgitgadget@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: From: Linus Arver The 'key' option is used frequently in the examples at the bottom but there is no mention of it in the description. Signed-off-by: Linus Arver --- Documentation/git-interpret-trailers.txt | 5 ++++- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/Documentation/git-interpret-trailers.txt b/Documentation/git-interpret-trailers.txt index 6016af5c203..7e77cbb1cad 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-interpret-trailers.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-interpret-trailers.txt @@ -49,7 +49,10 @@ token: value ------------------------------------------------ This means that the trimmed and will be separated by -`': '` (one colon followed by one space). +`': '` (one colon followed by one space). For convenience, the can be a +shortened string key (e.g., "sign") instead of the full string which should +appear before the separator on the output (e.g., "Signed-off-by"). This can be +configured using the 'trailer..key' configuration variable. By default the new trailer will appear at the end of all the existing trailers. If there is no existing trailer, the new trailer will appear -- gitgitgadget