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Re: [PATCH v4 1/5] doc: move author and committer information to git-commit(1)

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Jan 21, 2020, 22:24 UTC
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Jeff King <peff@peff.net> writes:
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>>  A commit comment is read from stdin. If a changelog
>>  entry is not provided via "<" redirection, 'git commit-tree' will just wait
>>  for one to be entered and terminated with ^D.
>
> it stayed here, so now it's duplicated. Should the old one be dropped?
> Or is moving the new text a leftover mistake from rebasing (IIRC, in
> your original you dropped this whole "here's how commits work" section).
Ah, you spotted the same thing.
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Message 8 of 13 in “Documentation for common user misconceptions”
  1. 0/6 Documentation for common user misconceptionsbrian m. carlson, Jan 20, 2020
  2. 2/5 docs: expand on possible and recommended user config optionsbrian m. carlson, Jan 20, 2020
  3. 4/5 doc: dissuade users from trying to ignore tracked filesbrian m. carlson, Jan 20, 2020
  4. Jeff KingJan 20, 2020
  5. 1/5 doc: move author and committer information to git-commit(1)brian m. carlson, Jan 20, 2020
  6. Jeff KingJan 20, 2020
  7. brian m. carlsonJan 20, 2020
  8. Junio C HamanoJan 21, 2020
  9. Junio C HamanoJan 21, 2020
  10. 5/5 docs: mention when increasing http.postBuffer is valuablebrian m. carlson, Jan 20, 2020
  11. 3/5 doc: provide guidance on user.name formatbrian m. carlson, Jan 20, 2020
  12. Junio C HamanoJan 21, 2020
  13. Jeff KingJan 20, 2020

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