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commit3334729cf29605389b51effc1f311656f3fd8086[log] [tgz]
authorJay Soffian <jaysoffian@gmail.com>Sun Jun 06 19:31:34 2010 -0400
committerJunio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>Sun Jun 06 22:13:51 2010 -0700
treeb4ea49c43c07934bcfd1e227596d534f6ecf45af
parente1e5ec868fab6f8131e8b228f1d6d543b7501933 [diff]
commit.txt: clarify how --author argument is used

commit --author was added by 146ea06 (git commit --author=$name: look $name up
in existing commits), but its documentation was sorely lacking compared to its
excellent commit message. This commit tries to improve the documentation.

Signed-off-by: Jay Soffian <jaysoffian@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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