Examples of Using Git Interpret Trailers

commit message file in place: + ------------ $ cat msg.txt subject body text Signed-off-by: Bob <bob@example.com> $ git interpret-trailers --trailer 'Acked-by: Alice <alice@example.com>' --in-place msg.txt $ cat msg.txt subject body text Signed-off-by: Bob <bob@example.com> Acked-by: Alice <alice@example.com> ------------ * Extract the last commit as a patch, and add a 'Cc' and a 'Reviewed-by' trailer to it: + ------------ $ git format-patch -1 0001-foo.patch $ git interpret-trailers --trailer 'Cc: Alice <alice@example.com>' --trailer 'Reviewed-by: Bob <bob@example.com>' 0001-foo.patch >0001-bar.patch ------------ * Configure a 'sign' trailer with a command to automatically add a 'Signed-off-by: ' with the author information only if there is no 'Signed-off-by: ' already, and show how it works: + ------------ $ cat msg1.txt subject body text $ git config trailer.sign.key "Signed-off-by: " $ git config trailer.sign.ifmissing add $ git config trailer.sign.ifexists doNothing $ git config trailer.sign.cmd 'echo "$(git config user.name) <$(git config user.email)>"' $ git interpret-trailers --trailer sign <msg1.txt subject body text Signed-off-by: Bob <bob@example.com> $ cat msg2.txt subject body text Signed-off-by: Alice <alice@example.com> $ git interpret-trailers --trailer sign <msg2.txt subject body text Signed-off-by: Alice <alice@example.com> ------------ * Configure a 'fix' trailer with a key that contains a '#' and no space after this character, and show how it works: + ------------ $ git config trailer.separators ":#" $ git config trailer.fix.key "Fix #" $ echo "subject" | git interpret-trailers --trailer fix=42 subject Fix #42 ------------ * Configure a 'help' trailer with a cmd use a script `glog-find-author` which search specified author identity from git log in git repository and show how it works: + ------------ $ cat ~/bin/glog-find-author #!/bin/sh test -n "$1" && git log --author="$1" --pretty="%an <%ae>" -1 || true $ cat msg.txt subject body text $ git config trailer.help.key "Helped-by: " $ git config trailer.help.ifExists "addIfDifferentNeighbor" $ git config trailer.help.cmd "~/bin/glog-find-author" $ git interpret-trailers --trailer="help:Junio"

The text provides several examples of using the git-interpret-trailers command to add, modify, and configure trailers in commit messages, including in-place editing, extracting patches, and using custom scripts and configuration settings to automate trailer management, demonstrating various use cases and scenarios for working with trailers in Git.