X-Git-Url: https://git.tokkee.org/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=Documentation%2Fgit-format-patch.txt;h=651efe6ca16a02841c49f4b6a57ae2cf5ae8183d;hb=972b9a85301e1576c0fb84555396015663a65452;hp=c9857a2d62e55edaf7e71c1a89ae09c8ae2423d2;hpb=6e863d6d129a1b6a13c66d0bb03f3d43db6c51fe;p=git.git diff --git a/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt b/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt index c9857a2d6..651efe6ca 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt @@ -9,9 +9,10 @@ git-format-patch - Prepare patches for e-mail submission SYNOPSIS -------- [verse] -'git-format-patch' [-n | -k] [-o | --stdout] [--thread] +'git-format-patch' [-k] [-o | --stdout] [--thread] [--attach[=] | --inline[=]] [-s | --signoff] [] + [-n | --numbered | -N | --no-numbered] [--start-number ] [--numbered-files] [--in-reply-to=Message-Id] [--suffix=.] [--ignore-if-in-upstream] @@ -24,7 +25,7 @@ DESCRIPTION Prepare each commit with its patch in one file per commit, formatted to resemble UNIX mailbox format. The output of this command is convenient for e-mail submission or -for use with gitlink:git-am[1]. +for use with linkgit:git-am[1]. There are two ways to specify which commits to operate on. @@ -33,7 +34,7 @@ There are two ways to specify which commits to operate on. that leads to the to be output. 2. Generic expression (see "SPECIFYING - REVISIONS" section in gitlink:git-rev-parse[1]) means the + REVISIONS" section in linkgit:git-rev-parse[1]) means the commits in the specified range. A single commit, when interpreted as a @@ -65,6 +66,7 @@ reference. OPTIONS ------- +:git-format-patch: 1 include::diff-options.txt[] -:: @@ -77,6 +79,9 @@ include::diff-options.txt[] -n|--numbered:: Name output in '[PATCH n/m]' format. +-N|--no-numbered:: + Name output in '[PATCH]' format. + --start-number :: Start numbering the patches at instead of 1. @@ -142,15 +147,16 @@ not add any suffix. CONFIGURATION ------------- -You can specify extra mail header lines to be added to each -message in the repository configuration. You can also specify -new defaults for the subject prefix and file suffix. +You can specify extra mail header lines to be added to each message +in the repository configuration, new defaults for the subject prefix +and file suffix, and number patches when outputting more than one. ------------ [format] headers = "Organization: git-foo\n" subjectprefix = CHANGE suffix = .txt + numbered = auto ------------ @@ -168,7 +174,7 @@ git-format-patch origin:: is created in the current directory. git-format-patch \--root origin:: - Extract all commits which that leads to 'origin' since the + Extract all commits that lead to 'origin' since the inception of the project. git-format-patch -M -B origin:: @@ -186,7 +192,7 @@ git-format-patch -3:: See Also -------- -gitlink:git-am[1], gitlink:git-send-email[1] +linkgit:git-am[1], linkgit:git-send-email[1] Author @@ -199,4 +205,4 @@ Documentation by Junio C Hamano and the git-list . GIT --- -Part of the gitlink:git[7] suite +Part of the linkgit:git[7] suite