commit bcbc22724ddb271a0f40cdfec5dcb49f2e52b8da
from: Stefan Sperling <stsp@stsp.name>
date: Wed May 20 17:40:57 2020 UTC

document how to use commit messages prepared in a file; patch by Scott Bennett

commit - 0d6c6ee302022b4b2746cd5a85df1f34f8891b9c
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--- got/got.1
+++ got/got.1
@@ -1972,6 +1972,19 @@ with a pre-defined log message.
 .Pp
 .Dl $ got commit -m 'unify the buffer cache'
 .Pp
+Alternatively, create a new commit from local changes in a work tree
+directory with a log message that has been prepared in the file
+.Pa /tmp/msg .
+If
+.Xr vi 1
+is set as the
+.Ev EDITOR ,
+.Pa /tmp/msg
+can be read into the buffer for review:
+.Pp
+.Dl $ got commit
+.Dl :r /tmp/msg
+.Pp
 Update any work tree checked out from the
 .Dq unified-buffer-cache
 branch to the latest commit on this branch: