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| author |  Jon Loeliger <jdl@freescale.com> | 2007-06-05 15:06:53 -0500 |
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| committer |  Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2007-06-06 00:35:15 -0700 |
| commit | e6ff0f42bb0c63515c8489c1992f37d1d1e8b2f4 (patch) | |
| tree | 554d57727b2273912c08ac74bea6714138a7b13c /Documentation | |
| parent | $EMAIL is a last resort fallback, as it's system-wide. (diff) | |
| download | tgif-e6ff0f42bb0c63515c8489c1992f37d1d1e8b2f4.tar.xz | |
Add the --numbered-files option to git-format-patch.
With this option, git-format-patch will generate simple
numbered files as output instead of the default using
with the first commit line appended.
This simplifies the ability to generate an MH-style
drafts folder with each message to be sent.
Signed-off-by: Jon Loeliger <jdl@freescale.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-format-patch.txt | 14 |
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt b/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt index a33d157b97..363edb0fcf 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt @@ -11,7 +11,8 @@ SYNOPSIS [verse] 'git-format-patch' [-n | -k] [-o <dir> | --stdout] [--thread] [--attach[=<boundary>] | --inline[=<boundary>]] - [-s | --signoff] [<common diff options>] [--start-number <n>] + [-s | --signoff] [<common diff options>] + [--start-number <n>] [--numbered-files] [--in-reply-to=Message-Id] [--suffix=.<sfx>] [--ignore-if-in-upstream] [--subject-prefix=Subject-Prefix] @@ -30,9 +31,11 @@ gitlink:git-rev-parse[1]. The output of this command is convenient for e-mail submission or for use with gitlink:git-am[1]. -Each output file is numbered sequentially from 1, and uses the +By default, each output file is numbered sequentially from 1, and uses the first line of the commit message (massaged for pathname safety) as -the filename. The names of the output files are printed to standard +the filename. With the --numbered-files option, the output file names +will only be numbers, without the first line of the commit appended. +The names of the output files are printed to standard output, unless the --stdout option is specified. If -o is specified, output files are created in <dir>. Otherwise @@ -60,6 +63,11 @@ include::diff-options.txt[] --start-number <n>:: Start numbering the patches at <n> instead of 1. +--numbered-files:: + Output file names will be a simple number sequence + without the default first line of the commit appended. + Mutually exclusive with the --stdout option. + -k|--keep-subject:: Do not strip/add '[PATCH]' from the first line of the commit log message. |