From: Paul Menzel Date: Fri, 03 Jan 2020 15:05:46 GMT Subject: [PATCH] Documentation: Mention `Date: ` in git-am Message-ID: <6ffcb6c0-d09e-45c4-d264-8a9024b67f3c@molgen.mpg.de> Date: Fri, 3 Jan 2020 12:48:46 +0100 Tested, that a line `Date: ` in the message body will be preferred by `git am` over the one in the message header. So, update the documentation. Signed-off-by: Paul Menzel --- Documentation/git-am.txt | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/git-am.txt b/Documentation/git-am.txt index fc5750b3b8..11ca61b00b 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-am.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-am.txt @@ -190,8 +190,8 @@ the commit, after stripping common prefix "[PATCH ]". The "Subject: " line is supposed to concisely describe what the commit is about in one line of text. -"From: " and "Subject: " lines starting the body override the respective -commit author name and title values taken from the headers. +"From: ", "Date: ", and "Subject: " lines starting the body override the +respective commit author name and title values taken from the headers. The commit message is formed by the title taken from the "Subject: ", a blank line and the body of the message up to -- 2.24.1