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| author | Robert Pluim | 2022-07-22 10:18:41 +0200 |
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| committer | Robert Pluim | 2022-07-22 10:36:30 +0200 |
| commit | 8434396fa362c6644ff23e1f48acace7b85ffe8f (patch) | |
| tree | 133dc561bf84362aa2ea11a17e21200d106029a7 /CONTRIBUTE | |
| parent | 51209fd735a0b1da641ae535490ded0259194646 (diff) | |
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Explain how to override Author with VC
* CONTRIBUTE: Describe how to use Author header line and
'log-edit-setup-add-author'.
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diff --git a/CONTRIBUTE b/CONTRIBUTE index d624fe85245..94d757daafe 100644 --- a/CONTRIBUTE +++ b/CONTRIBUTE | |||
| @@ -347,7 +347,10 @@ tests: | |||
| 347 | 347 | ||
| 348 | If committing changes written by someone else, commit in their name, | 348 | If committing changes written by someone else, commit in their name, |
| 349 | not yours. You can use 'git commit --author="AUTHOR"' to specify a | 349 | not yours. You can use 'git commit --author="AUTHOR"' to specify a |
| 350 | change's author. Note that the validity checks described in the | 350 | change's author. When using Emacs VC to commit, the author can be |
| 351 | specified in the log-edit buffer by adding an "Author: AUTHOR" header | ||
| 352 | line (set 'log-edit-setup-add-author' non-nil to have this header line | ||
| 353 | added automatically). Note that the validity checks described in the | ||
| 351 | previous section are still applied, so you will have to correct any | 354 | previous section are still applied, so you will have to correct any |
| 352 | problems they uncover in the changes submitted by others. | 355 | problems they uncover in the changes submitted by others. |
| 353 | 356 | ||