X-Git-Url: https://git.octo.it/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=Documentation%2Fgit-commit-tree.txt;h=b64cd6a84b7f08164b55445999a12460a3d3c52c;hb=b2d09f063a01b429fe1e8d5179d00f3938ec598b;hp=c0dc1f46c5b398cf7a1719462157b5ffeee14345;hpb=5569bf9bbedd63a00780fc5c110e0cfab3aa97b9;p=git.git

diff --git a/Documentation/git-commit-tree.txt b/Documentation/git-commit-tree.txt
index c0dc1f46..b64cd6a8 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-commit-tree.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-commit-tree.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 git-commit-tree(1)
 ==================
-v0.1, May 2005
 
 NAME
 ----
@@ -36,7 +35,7 @@ OPTIONS
 	An existing tree object
 
 -p <parent commit>::
-	Each '-p' indicates a the id of a parent commit object.
+	Each '-p' indicates the id of a parent commit object.
 	
 
 Commit Information
@@ -49,8 +48,8 @@ A commit encapsulates:
 - committer name and email and the commit time.
 
 If not provided, "git-commit-tree" uses your name, hostname and domain to
-provide author and committer info. This can be overridden using the
-following environment variables.
+provide author and committer info. This can be overridden by
+either `.git/config` file, or using the following environment variables.
 
 	GIT_AUTHOR_NAME
 	GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL
@@ -58,20 +57,31 @@ following environment variables.
 	GIT_COMMITTER_NAME
 	GIT_COMMITTER_EMAIL
 
-(nb <,> and '\n's are stripped)
+(nb "<", ">" and "\n"s are stripped)
+
+In `.git/config` file, the following items are used:
+
+	[user]
+		name = "Your Name"
+		email = "your@email.address.xz"
 
 A commit comment is read from stdin (max 999 chars). If a changelog
-entry is not provided via '<' redirection, "git-commit-tree" will just wait
-for one to be entered and terminated with ^D
+entry is not provided via "<" redirection, "git-commit-tree" will just wait
+for one to be entered and terminated with ^D.
+
 
 Diagnostics
 -----------
 You don't exist. Go away!::
     The passwd(5) gecos field couldn't be read
+Your parents must have hated you!::
+    The password(5) gecos field is longer than a giant static buffer.
+Your sysadmin must hate you!::
+    The password(5) name field is longer than a giant static buffer.
 
 See Also
 --------
-link:git-write-tree.html[git-write-tree]
+gitlink:git-write-tree[1]
 
 
 Author
@@ -84,5 +94,5 @@ Documentation by David Greaves, Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel
 
 GIT
 ---
-Part of the link:git.html[git] suite
+Part of the gitlink:git[7] suite