Re: [PATCH] Documentation/glossary: describe "trailer"

From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Nov 18, 2024, 00:40 UTC
Message-ID: <xmqqcyitxtkj.fsf@gitster.g>
In-Reply-To: <ba35ba3ec212860a3151cfad582a384a50c55e6a.1731871683.git.code@khaugsbakk.name>

kristofferhaugsbakk@fastmail.com writes:

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> diff --git a/Documentation/glossary-content.txt b/Documentation/glossary-content.txt
> index 42afe048691..575c18f776e 100644
> --- a/Documentation/glossary-content.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/glossary-content.txt
> @@ -696,6 +696,11 @@ the `refs/tags/` hierarchy is used to represent local tags..
>  	that each contain very well defined concepts or small incremental yet
>  	related changes.
>  
> +[[def_trailer]]trailer::
> +	Key-value metadata.  Trailers are optionally found at the end of
> +	a commit message.  Might be called "footers" or "tags" in other
> +	communities.  See linkgit:git-interpret-trailers[1].

Sounds sensible.