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git-am.txt: reword extra headers in message body
Signed-off-by: Stephen Boyd <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <[email protected]>
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@@ -121,10 +121,10 @@ the commit, after stripping common prefix "[PATCH <anything>]".
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The "Subject: " line is supposed to concisely describe what the
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commit is about in one line of text.
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The body of the message (the rest of the message after the blank line
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that terminates the RFC2822 headers) can begin with "Subject: " and
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"From: " lines that are different from those of the mail header,
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to override the values of these fields.
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"From: " and "Subject: " lines starting the body (the rest of the
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message after the blank line terminating the RFC2822 headers)
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override the respective commit author name and title values taken
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from the headers.
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The commit message is formed by the title taken from the
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"Subject: ", a blank line and the body of the message up to

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