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diff --git a/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt b/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt index f7a069bb92..b41e1329a7 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt @@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ SYNOPSIS [(--reroll-count|-v) <n>] [--to=<email>] [--cc=<email>] [--[no-]cover-letter] [--quiet] [--notes[=<ref>]] + [--progress] [<common diff options>] [ <since> | <revision range> ] @@ -46,7 +47,7 @@ There are two ways to specify which commits to operate on. The first rule takes precedence in the case of a single <commit>. To apply the second rule, i.e., format everything since the beginning of -history up until <commit>, use the '\--root' option: `git format-patch +history up until <commit>, use the `--root` option: `git format-patch --root <commit>`. If you want to format only <commit> itself, you can do this with `git format-patch -1 <commit>`. @@ -283,6 +284,9 @@ you can use `--suffix=-patch` to get `0001-description-of-my-change-patch`. range are always formatted as creation patches, independently of this flag. +--progress:: + Show progress reports on stderr as patches are generated. + CONFIGURATION ------------- You can specify extra mail header lines to be added to each message, @@ -557,7 +561,7 @@ series A, B, C, the history would be like: ................................................ With `git format-patch --base=P -3 C` (or variants thereof, e.g. with -`--cover-letter` of using `Z..C` instead of `-3 C` to specify the +`--cover-letter` or using `Z..C` instead of `-3 C` to specify the range), the base tree information block is shown at the end of the first message the command outputs (either the first patch, or the cover letter), like this: |