[PATCH v4 03/11] doc: interpret-trailers: use “metadata” in Name as well

[email protected] Thu, 30 Jul 2026 11:18:16 +0200
Newsgroups org.kernel.vger.git
Message-ID <[email protected]>
From: Kristoffer Haugsbakk <[email protected]>

We now since the previous commit introduce the format as “trailer
metadata”. We can replace “structured information” with “metadata”
in the “Name” section to be consistent.

While “structured information” does emphasize that the data is not
loosely structured, we also say that this command adds to or parses
this format. I don’t think that we need to emphasize that it is
structured since clearly there is some structure there.

Both “metadata” and “structured information” can convey the same
information. But “metadata” is shorter and easier to deploy since
it’s just one word.

Signed-off-by: Kristoffer Haugsbakk <[email protected]>
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Notes (series):
    v4:
    • Msg: s/trailers metadata/trailer metadata/ (knock-on effect from
      change in the prevoius commit)
    
    ---
    
    v2: [new]

 Documentation/git-interpret-trailers.adoc | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/git-interpret-trailers.adoc b/Documentation/git-interpret-trailers.adoc
index c8950d3babc..5e776f0059a 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-interpret-trailers.adoc
+++ b/Documentation/git-interpret-trailers.adoc
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ git-interpret-trailers(1)
 
 NAME
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-git-interpret-trailers - Add or parse structured information in commit messages
+git-interpret-trailers - Add or parse metadata in commit messages
 
 SYNOPSIS
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