From: Kristoffer Haugsbakk <code@khaugsbakk.name>
Date: Sun, 17 Nov 2024 19:33:49 +0000 (+0100)
Subject: Documentation/glossary: describe "trailer"
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Documentation/glossary: describe "trailer"

Reported-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Signed-off-by: Kristoffer Haugsbakk <code@khaugsbakk.name>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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diff --git a/Documentation/glossary-content.txt b/Documentation/glossary-content.txt
index 42afe04869..575c18f776 100644
--- a/Documentation/glossary-content.txt
+++ b/Documentation/glossary-content.txt
@@ -696,6 +696,11 @@ the `refs/tags/` hierarchy is used to represent local tags..
 	that each contain very well defined concepts or small incremental yet
 	related changes.
 
+[[def_trailer]]trailer::
+	Key-value metadata.  Trailers are optionally found at the end of
+	a commit message.  Might be called "footers" or "tags" in other
+	communities.  See linkgit:git-interpret-trailers[1].
+
 [[def_tree]]tree::
 	Either a <<def_working_tree,working tree>>, or a <<def_tree_object,tree
 	object>> together with the dependent <<def_blob_object,blob>> and tree objects