From 4020fefd1f99cb0e279b26d77e5c30fbe0f8b68b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Francis Rowe <info@gluglug.org.uk>
Date: Thu, 29 Oct 2015 01:08:02 -0400
Subject: git page: note about the --author option in git-commit

---
(limited to 'site')

diff --git a/site/git/index.php b/site/git/index.php
index 7f7817c..0c25987 100644
--- a/site/git/index.php
+++ b/site/git/index.php
@@ -132,6 +132,12 @@
 						<?php echo gettext("or:"); ?><br/>
 						$ <b>git commit -a --amend</b>
 					</p>
+
+					<p>
+						If you wish to use a different author name for the commit command, add <i>--author=&quot;Author's Name &lt;author's email address&gt;&quot;</i>. This
+						could be an alias, or it could be because you are submitting a patch on someone else's behalf.
+					</p>
+
 					<p>
 						<?php echo gettext("In your local git tree, you can use this to check your commits:"); ?><br/>
 						$ <b>git log</b>
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cgit v0.9.1