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Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/git-format-patch.txt')
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1 files changed, 7 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt b/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt index bb3ea9372f..b149e09065 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt @@ -109,6 +109,7 @@ include::diff-options.txt[] --signoff:: Add `Signed-off-by:` line to the commit message, using the committer identity of yourself. + See the signoff option in linkgit:git-commit[1] for more information. --stdout:: Print all commits to the standard output in mbox format, @@ -170,7 +171,7 @@ will want to ensure that threading is disabled for `git send-email`. -v <n>:: --reroll-count=<n>:: Mark the series as the <n>-th iteration of the topic. The - output filenames have `v<n>` pretended to them, and the + output filenames have `v<n>` prepended to them, and the subject prefix ("PATCH" by default, but configurable via the `--subject-prefix` option) has ` v<n>` appended to it. E.g. `--reroll-count=4` may produce `v4-0001-add-makefile.patch` @@ -213,7 +214,7 @@ feeding the result to `git send-email`. --[no-]cover-letter:: In addition to the patches, generate a cover letter file - containing the shortlog and the overall diffstat. You can + containing the branch description, shortlog and the overall diffstat. You can fill in a description in the file before sending it out. --notes[=<ref>]:: @@ -256,6 +257,10 @@ you can use `--suffix=-patch` to get `0001-description-of-my-change-patch`. using this option cannot be applied properly, but they are still useful for code review. +--zero-commit:: + Output an all-zero hash in each patch's From header instead + of the hash of the commit. + --root:: Treat the revision argument as a <revision range>, even if it is just a single commit (that would normally be treated as a |