commit.txt: clarify how --author argument is used
authorJay Soffian <jaysoffian@gmail.com>
Sun, 6 Jun 2010 23:31:34 +0000 (19:31 -0400)
committerJunio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Mon, 7 Jun 2010 05:13:51 +0000 (22:13 -0700)
commit3334729cf29605389b51effc1f311656f3fd8086
treeb4ea49c43c07934bcfd1e227596d534f6ecf45af
parente1e5ec868fab6f8131e8b228f1d6d543b7501933
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>
Documentation/git-commit.txt