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		Ayesh 12 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Git Notes: Git's coolest, most unloved feature (2... TIL the `--trailer` CLI option. I used to edit the commit message in a text editor and manually add the trailers (which works for GitHub `Co-Authored-By`). being able to use them with `git log` format is pretty cool.

pyuser583 12 days ago [–]

I’ve wanted to use them to keep track of whether a change was done by AI.

Lack of support was a big problem.

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