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authorJunio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2008-08-26 23:13:13 -0700
committerJunio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2008-08-30 21:04:50 -0700
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git commit --author=$name: look $name up in existing commits
This allows "git commit --author=$name" to accept a name that is not in the required "A U Thor <author@example.xz>" format, and use that to look up an author name that matches from existing commits. When using this feature, it is the user's responsibility to give a name that uniquely matches the name s/he wants, as the logic returns the name from the first matching commit. Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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@@ -75,8 +75,10 @@ OPTIONS
read the message from the standard input.
--author=<author>::
- Override the author name used in the commit. Use
- `A U Thor <author@example.com>` format.
+ Override the author name used in the commit. You can use the
+ standard `A U Thor <author@example.com>` format. Otherwise,
+ an existing commit that matches the given string and its author
+ name is used.
-m <msg>::
--message=<msg>::