From eda2c44c8b999547c0726baa7a12a40960ac5d6a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Linus Arver Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2023 02:53:49 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] doc: trailer: mention 'key' in DESCRIPTION The 'key' option is used frequently in the examples at the bottom but there is no mention of it in the description. Signed-off-by: Linus Arver Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano --- Documentation/git-interpret-trailers.txt | 5 ++++- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/Documentation/git-interpret-trailers.txt b/Documentation/git-interpret-trailers.txt index 6016af5c20..7e77cbb1ca 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-interpret-trailers.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-interpret-trailers.txt @@ -49,7 +49,10 @@ token: value ------------------------------------------------ This means that the trimmed and will be separated by -`': '` (one colon followed by one space). +`': '` (one colon followed by one space). For convenience, the can be a +shortened string key (e.g., "sign") instead of the full string which should +appear before the separator on the output (e.g., "Signed-off-by"). This can be +configured using the 'trailer..key' configuration variable. By default the new trailer will appear at the end of all the existing trailers. If there is no existing trailer, the new trailer will appear