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*** New options for customizing encoding of Git commit log messages.
-The new options `vc-git-commits-coding-system' and
-`vc-git-log-output-coding-system' allow to customize the encoding of
-the log messages sent to Git when committing, and the decoding of the
-log messages read from Git history commands. Both default to UTF-8;
-if you customize them, make sure they are consistent with the Git
-config variables i18n.commitEncoding and i18n.logOutputEncoding.
-(`vc-git-commits-coding-system' existed previously, but was a
+The new user options 'vc-git-commits-coding-system' and
+'vc-git-log-output-coding-system' specify the encoding of log messages
+sent to Git when committing, and the decoding of log messages read
+from Git history commands. These options default to UTF-8; if
+customized, they should be consistent with the Git config variables
+i18n.commitEncoding and i18n.logOutputEncoding.
+('vc-git-commits-coding-system' existed previously, but was a
variable, not a user option.)
+++