Fix git-format-patch usage string wrt output modes.

[git.git] / git-format-patch.sh

diff --git a/git-format-patch.sh b/git-format-patch.sh
index 818059f2429d440396daa313dd7fde98bb4782e0..d3979d76318a19746b02c3efcba1212de2fcce20 100755 (executable)
--- a/git-format-patch.sh
+++ b/git-format-patch.sh
@@ -9,8 +9,10 @@ one file per patch, for e-mail submission.  Each output file is
 numbered sequentially from 1, and uses the first line of the commit
 message (massaged for pathname safety) as the filename.
 
 numbered sequentially from 1, and uses the first line of the commit
 message (massaged for pathname safety) as the filename.
 

-When -o is specified, output files are created in that directory; otherwise in
-the current working directory.
+There are three output modes.  By default, output files are created in
+the current working directory; when -o is specified, they are created
+in that directory instead; when --stdout is specified, they are spit
+on standard output, and can be piped to git-am.

 
 When -n is specified, instead of "[PATCH] Subject", the first line is formatted
 as "[PATCH N/M] Subject", unless you have only one patch.
 
 When -n is specified, instead of "[PATCH] Subject", the first line is formatted
 as "[PATCH N/M] Subject", unless you have only one patch.