From: David Black <david8black@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 15 Jul 2013 12:51:35 +0000 (+0100)
Subject: manual: auto name metadata field
X-Git-Tag: 0.1~484
X-Git-Url: http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/ucgi/~ianmdlvl/git?a=commitdiff_plain;h=73ef03b7d4f8ef2ee11d9ba89f6fa51909fcb18c;p=fdroidserver.git

manual: auto name metadata field
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diff --git a/docs/fdroid.texi b/docs/fdroid.texi
index 055a2680..85962f26 100644
--- a/docs/fdroid.texi
+++ b/docs/fdroid.texi
@@ -450,6 +450,7 @@ The following sections describe the fields recognised within the file.
 * Category::
 * License::
 * Name::
+* Auto Name::
 * Web Site::
 * Source Code::
 * Issue Tracker::
@@ -541,15 +542,27 @@ BSD license - the new, or modified, version.
 
 @end itemize
 
+@node Auto Name
+@section Auto Name
+
+@cindex Auto Name
+
+The name of the application as can best be retrieved from the source code. 
+This is done so that the commitupdates script can put a familiar name in 
+the commit description. It is generated automatically when 
+@code{fdroid checkupdates} is run.
+
 @node Name
 @section Name
 
 @cindex Name
 
-The name of the application. Normally, this field should not be present since the
-application's correct name is retrieved from the APK file. However, in a situation
-where an APK contains a bad or missing application name, it can be overridden
-using this.
+The name of the application. Normally, this field should not be present since 
+the application's correct name is retrieved from the APK file. However, in a 
+situation where an APK contains a bad or missing application name, it can be 
+overridden using this. Note that this only overrides the name in the list of 
+apps presented in the client; it doesn't changed the name or application label
+in the source code.
 
 @node Web Site
 @section Web Site