@@ -232,25 +232,30 @@ trailer.<token>.ifmissing::
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that option for trailers with the specified <token>.
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trailer.<token>.command::
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- This option can be used to specify a shell command that will
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- be called to automatically add or modify a trailer with the
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- specified <token>.
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+ This option can be used to specify a shell command that will be called:
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+ once to automatically add a trailer with the specified <token>, and then
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+ each time a '--trailer <token>=<value>' argument to modify the <value> of
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+ the trailer that this option would produce.
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- When this option is specified, the behavior is as if a special
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- '<token>=<value>' argument were added at the beginning of the command
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- line, where <value> is taken to be the standard output of the
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- specified command with any leading and trailing whitespace trimmed
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- off.
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+ When the specified command is first called to add a trailer
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+ with the specified <token>, the behavior is as if a special
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+ '--trailer <token>=<value>' argument was added at the beginning
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+ of the "git interpret-trailers" command, where <value>
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+ is taken to be the standard output of the command with any
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+ leading and trailing whitespace trimmed off.
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- If the command contains the `$ARG` string, this string will be
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- replaced with the <value> part of an existing trailer with the same
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- <token>, if any, before the command is launched.
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+ If some '--trailer <token>=<value>' arguments are also passed
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+ on the command line, the command is called again once for each
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+ of these arguments with the same <token>. And the <value> part
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+ of these arguments, if any, will be used to replace the first
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+ occurrence of substring `$ARG` in the command. This way the
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+ command can produce a <value> computed from the <value> passed
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+ in the '--trailer <token>=<value>' argument.
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- If some '<token>=<value>' arguments are also passed on the command
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- line, when a 'trailer.<token>.command' is configured, the command will
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- also be executed for each of these arguments. And the <value> part of
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- these arguments, if any, will be used to replace the `$ARG` string in
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- the command.
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+ For consistency, the first occurrence of substring `$ARG` is
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+ also replaced, this time with the empty string, in the command
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+ when the command is first called to add a trailer with the
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+ specified <token>.
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EXAMPLES
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