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| author |  Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2012-11-15 10:25:05 -0800 |
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| committer | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2012-11-15 10:25:05 -0800 |
| commit | 4ad4fce63a67cde3a93e6678724ed79b06109ad6 (patch) | |
| tree | 6993697c9b9a6ee8916d620a1e177fea8a636b32 /Documentation/SubmittingPatches | |
| parent | Merge branch 'mg/maint-pull-suggest-upstream-to' (diff) | |
| parent | format-patch: add a blank line between notes and diffstat (diff) | |
| download | tgif-4ad4fce63a67cde3a93e6678724ed79b06109ad6.tar.xz | |
Merge branch 'jc/prettier-pretty-note'
Emit the notes attached to the commit in "format-patch --notes"
output after three-dashes.
* jc/prettier-pretty-note:
format-patch: add a blank line between notes and diffstat
Doc User-Manual: Patch cover letter, three dashes, and --notes
Doc format-patch: clarify --notes use case
Doc notes: Include the format-patch --notes option
Doc SubmittingPatches: Mention --notes option after "cover letter"
Documentation: decribe format-patch --notes
format-patch --notes: show notes after three-dashes
format-patch: append --signature after notes
pretty_print_commit(): do not append notes message
pretty: prepare notes message at a centralized place
format_note(): simplify API
pretty: remove reencode_commit_message()
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/SubmittingPatches')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/SubmittingPatches | 3 |
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/SubmittingPatches b/Documentation/SubmittingPatches index 0dbf2c9843..3d8b2fe4d1 100644 --- a/Documentation/SubmittingPatches +++ b/Documentation/SubmittingPatches @@ -179,7 +179,8 @@ message starts, you can put a "From: " line to name that person. You often want to add additional explanation about the patch, other than the commit message itself. Place such "cover letter" -material between the three dash lines and the diffstat. +material between the three dash lines and the diffstat. Git-notes +can also be inserted using the `--notes` option. Do not attach the patch as a MIME attachment, compressed or not. Do not let your e-mail client send quoted-printable. Do not let |