GIT 1.5.2

[git.git] / Documentation / git-format-patch.txt

diff --git a/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt b/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt
index 59f34b9f0d2f4fe74fa5d90bb53393c88d36476b..a33d157b970740aa7d056ebb459350de89513a8b 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt
@@ -9,11 +9,13 @@ git-format-patch - Prepare patches for e-mail submission
 SYNOPSIS
 --------
 [verse]
-'git-format-patch' [-n | -k] [-o <dir> | --stdout] [--attach] [--thread]
-                  [-s | --signoff] [--diff-options] [--start-number <n>]
-                  [--in-reply-to=Message-Id] [--suffix=.<sfx>]
-                  [--ignore-if-in-upstream]
-                  <since>[..<until>]
+'git-format-patch' [-n | -k] [-o <dir> | --stdout] [--thread]
+                   [--attach[=<boundary>] | --inline[=<boundary>]]
+                   [-s | --signoff] [<common diff options>] [--start-number <n>]
+                   [--in-reply-to=Message-Id] [--suffix=.<sfx>]
+                   [--ignore-if-in-upstream]
+                   [--subject-prefix=Subject-Prefix]
+                   <since>[..<until>]
 
 DESCRIPTION
 -----------
@@ -46,6 +48,8 @@ reference.
 
 OPTIONS
 -------
+include::diff-options.txt[]
+
 -o|--output-directory <dir>::
        Use <dir> to store the resulting files, instead of the
        current working directory.
@@ -68,8 +72,15 @@ OPTIONS
        Print all commits to the standard output in mbox format,
        instead of creating a file for each one.
 
---attach::
-       Create attachments instead of inlining patches.
+--attach[=<boundary>]::
+       Create multipart/mixed attachment, the first part of
+       which is the commit message and the patch itself in the
+       second part, with "Content-Disposition: attachment".
+
+--inline[=<boundary>]::
+       Create multipart/mixed attachment, the first part of
+       which is the commit message and the patch itself in the
+       second part, with "Content-Disposition: inline".
 
 --thread::
        Add In-Reply-To and References headers to make the second and
@@ -88,6 +99,12 @@ OPTIONS
        patches being generated, and any patch that matches is
        ignored.
 
+--subject-prefix=<Subject-Prefix>::
+       Instead of the standard '[PATCH]' prefix in the subject
+       line, instead use '[<Subject-Prefix>]'. This
+       allows for useful naming of a patch series, and can be
+       combined with the --numbered option.
+
 --suffix=.<sfx>::
        Instead of using `.patch` as the suffix for generated
        filenames, use specifed suffix.  A common alternative is