From: Yann Dirson Date: Sun, 8 Jan 2006 00:39:16 +0000 (+0100) Subject: Fix git-format-patch usage string wrt output modes. X-Git-Tag: v1.0.8^2~2 X-Git-Url: https://git.tokkee.org/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=5f815e5922eb31c5826e5f5f21e83d1f6f338ed1;p=git.git Fix git-format-patch usage string wrt output modes. --stdout was not mentionned, and the description for the case where -o was not given was thus incomplete. Signed-off-by: Yann Dirson Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano --- diff --git a/git-format-patch.sh b/git-format-patch.sh index 818059f24..d3979d763 100755 --- 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. -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.