append_one_rev(): rewrite to work with object_id

diff --git a/Documentation/git-commit.txt b/Documentation/git-commit.txt
index 617e29b38b337a40d8aede609d9d979c1b3aac02..617dea083e273467f50493dacd3d859ebbe52aff 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/git-commit.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-commit.txt
@@ -180,8 +180,8 @@ OPTIONS
 +
 --
 strip::
-       Strip leading and trailing empty lines, trailing whitespace, and
-       #commentary and collapse consecutive empty lines.
+       Strip leading and trailing empty lines, trailing whitespace,
+       commentary and collapse consecutive empty lines.
 whitespace::
        Same as `strip` except #commentary is not removed.
 verbatim::
@@ -282,8 +282,11 @@ configuration variable documented in linkgit:git-config[1].
 --verbose::
        Show unified diff between the HEAD commit and what
        would be committed at the bottom of the commit message
-       template.  Note that this diff output doesn't have its
-       lines prefixed with '#'.
+       template to help the user describe the commit by reminding
+       what changes the commit has.
+       Note that this diff output doesn't have its
+       lines prefixed with '#'. This diff will not be a part
+       of the commit message.
 +
 If specified twice, show in addition the unified diff between
 what would be committed and the worktree files, i.e. the unstaged