SYNOPSIS
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[verse]
-'git interpret-trailers' [options] [(--trailer <token>[(=|:)<value>])...] [<file>...]
-'git interpret-trailers' [options] [--parse] [<file>...]
+'git interpret-trailers' [<options>] [(--trailer <token>[(=|:)<value>])...] [<file>...]
+'git interpret-trailers' [<options>] [--parse] [<file>...]
DESCRIPTION
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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.
The group must either be at the end of the message or be the last
-non-whitespace lines before a line that starts with '---'. Such three
-minus signs start the patch part of the message.
+non-whitespace lines before a line that starts with '---' (followed by a
+space or the end of the line). Such three minus signs start the patch
+part of the message. See also `--no-divider` below.
When reading trailers, there can be whitespaces after the
token, the separator and the value. There can also be whitespaces
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'.
+ '--where' or '--no-where'. Possible values are `after`, `before`,
+ `end` or `start`.
--if-exists <action>::
--no-if-exists::
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-exists' or '--no-if-exists'. Possible actions are `addIfDifferent`,
+ `addIfDifferentNeighbor`, `add`, `replace` and `doNothing`.
--if-missing <action>::
--no-if-missing::
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'.
+ '--if-missing' or '--no-if-missing'. Possible actions are `doNothing`
+ or `add`.
--only-trailers::
Output only the trailers, not any other parts of the input.
A convenience alias for `--only-trailers --only-input
--unfold`.
+--no-divider::
+ Do not treat `---` as the end of the commit message. Use this
+ when you know your input contains just the commit message itself
+ (and not an email or the output of `git format-patch`).
+
CONFIGURATION VARIABLES
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