NAME
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-git-interpret-trailers - help add structured information into commit messages
+git-interpret-trailers - add or parse structured information in commit messages
SYNOPSIS
--------
[verse]
-'git interpret-trailers' [--in-place] [--trim-empty] [(--trailer <token>[(=|:)<value>])...] [<file>...]
+'git interpret-trailers' [options] [(--trailer <token>[(=|:)<value>])...] [<file>...]
+'git interpret-trailers' [options] [--parse] [<file>...]
DESCRIPTION
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-Help adding 'trailers' lines, that look similar to RFC 822 e-mail
+Help parsing or adding 'trailers' lines, that look similar to RFC 822 e-mail
headers, at the end of the otherwise free-form part of a commit
message.
This command reads some patches or commit messages from either the
-<file> arguments or the standard input if no <file> is specified. Then
-this command applies the arguments passed using the `--trailer`
-option, if any, to the commit message part of each input file. The
-result is emitted on the standard output.
+<file> arguments or the standard input if no <file> is specified. If
+`--parse` is specified, the output consists of the parsed trailers.
+
+Otherwise, this command applies the arguments passed using the
+`--trailer` option, if any, to the commit message part of each input
+file. The result is emitted on the standard output.
Some configuration variables control the way the `--trailer` arguments
are applied to each commit message and the way any existing trailer in
will be added before the new trailer.
Existing trailers are extracted from the input message by looking for
-a group of one or more lines that (i) are all trailers, or (ii) contains at
+a group of one or more lines that (i) is all trailers, or (ii) contains at
least one Git-generated or user-configured trailer and consists of at
least 25% trailers.
The group must be preceded by one or more empty (or whitespace-only) lines.
trailer to the input messages. See the description of this
command.
+--where <placement>::
+--no-where::
+ Specify where all new trailers will be added. A setting
+ provided with '--where' overrides all configuration variables
+ and applies to all '--trailer' options until the next occurrence of
+ '--where' or '--no-where'.
+
+--if-exists <action>::
+--no-if-exists::
+ Specify what action will be performed when there is already at
+ least one trailer with the same <token> in the message. A setting
+ provided with '--if-exists' overrides all configuration variables
+ and applies to all '--trailer' options until the next occurrence of
+ '--if-exists' or '--no-if-exists'.
+
+--if-missing <action>::
+--no-if-missing::
+ Specify what action will be performed when there is no other
+ trailer with the same <token> in the message. A setting
+ provided with '--if-missing' overrides all configuration variables
+ and applies to all '--trailer' options until the next occurrence of
+ '--if-missing' or '--no-if-missing'.
+
+--only-trailers::
+ Output only the trailers, not any other parts of the input.
+
+--only-input::
+ Output only trailers that exist in the input; do not add any
+ from the command-line or by following configured `trailer.*`
+ rules.
+
+--unfold::
+ Remove any whitespace-continuation in trailers, so that each
+ trailer appears on a line by itself with its full content.
+
+--parse::
+ A convenience alias for `--only-trailers --only-input
+ --unfold`.
+
CONFIGURATION VARIABLES
-----------------------
configuration variable and it overrides what is specified by
that option for trailers with the specified <token>.
-trailer.<token>.ifexist::
- This option takes the same values as the 'trailer.ifexist'
+trailer.<token>.ifexists::
+ This option takes the same values as the 'trailer.ifexists'
configuration variable and it overrides what is specified by
that option for trailers with the specified <token>.