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diff --git a/Documentation/git-am.txt b/Documentation/git-am.txt index ea84cbb81..6d92cbee6 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-am.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-am.txt @@ -121,10 +121,10 @@ the commit, after stripping common prefix "[PATCH <anything>]". The "Subject: " line is supposed to concisely describe what the commit is about in one line of text. -The body of the message (the rest of the message after the blank line -that terminates the RFC2822 headers) can begin with "Subject: " and -"From: " lines that are different from those of the mail header, -to override the values of these fields. +"From: " and "Subject: " lines starting the body (the rest of the +message after the blank line terminating the RFC2822 headers) +override the respective commit author name and title values taken +from the headers. The commit message is formed by the title taken from the "Subject: ", a blank line and the body of the message up to |