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diff --git a/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt b/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt index 6f1fc80119..9674f9de67 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt @@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ SYNOPSIS -------- [verse] 'git format-patch' [-k] [(-o|--output-directory) <dir> | --stdout] - [--thread[=<style>]] + [--no-thread | --thread[=<style>]] [(--attach|--inline)[=<boundary>] | --no-attach] [-s | --signoff] [-n | --numbered | -N | --no-numbered] @@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ DESCRIPTION Prepare each commit with its patch in one file per commit, formatted to resemble UNIX mailbox format. The output of this command is convenient for e-mail submission or -for use with 'git-am'. +for use with 'git am'. There are two ways to specify which commits to operate on. @@ -43,28 +43,28 @@ 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 -\--root <commit>". If you want to format only <commit> itself, you -can do this with "git format-patch -1 <commit>". +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>`. 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. With the --numbered-files option, the output file names +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. +output, unless the `--stdout` option is specified. -If -o is specified, output files are created in <dir>. Otherwise +If `-o` is specified, output files are created in <dir>. Otherwise they are created in the current working directory. By default, the subject of a single patch is "[PATCH] First Line" and the subject when multiple patches are output is "[PATCH n/m] First -Line". To force 1/1 to be added for a single patch, use -n. To omit -patch numbers from the subject, use -N +Line". To force 1/1 to be added for a single patch, use `-n`. To omit +patch numbers from the subject, use `-N`. -If given --thread, 'git-format-patch' will generate In-Reply-To and -References headers to make the second and subsequent patch mails appear -as replies to the first mail; this also generates a Message-Id header to +If given `--thread`, `git-format-patch` will generate `In-Reply-To` and +`References` headers to make the second and subsequent patch mails appear +as replies to the first mail; this also generates a `Message-Id` header to reference. OPTIONS @@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ include::diff-options.txt[] --attach[=<boundary>]:: Create multipart/mixed attachment, the first part of which is the commit message and the patch itself in the - second part, with "Content-Disposition: attachment". + second part, with `Content-Disposition: attachment`. --no-attach:: Disable the creation of an attachment, overriding the @@ -121,23 +121,31 @@ include::diff-options.txt[] --inline[=<boundary>]:: Create multipart/mixed attachment, the first part of which is the commit message and the patch itself in the - second part, with "Content-Disposition: inline". + second part, with `Content-Disposition: inline`. --thread[=<style>]:: - Add In-Reply-To and References headers to make the second and - subsequent mails appear as replies to the first. Also generates - the Message-Id header to reference. +--no-thread:: + Controls addition of `In-Reply-To` and `References` headers to + make the second and subsequent mails appear as replies to the + first. Also controls generation of the `Message-Id` header to + reference. + The optional <style> argument can be either `shallow` or `deep`. 'shallow' threading makes every mail a reply to the head of the series, where the head is chosen from the cover letter, the `\--in-reply-to`, and the first patch mail, in this order. 'deep' -threading makes every mail a reply to the previous one. If not -specified, defaults to the 'format.thread' configuration, or `shallow` -if that is not set. +threading makes every mail a reply to the previous one. ++ +The default is `--no-thread`, unless the 'format.thread' configuration +is set. If `--thread` is specified without a style, it defaults to the +style specified by 'format.thread' if any, or else `shallow`. ++ +Beware that the default for 'git send-email' is to thread emails +itself. If you want `git format-patch` to take care of threading, you +will want to ensure that threading is disabled for `git send-email`. --in-reply-to=Message-Id:: - Make the first mail (or all the mails with --no-thread) appear as a + Make the first mail (or all the mails with `--no-thread`) appear as a reply to the given Message-Id, which avoids breaking threads to provide a new patch series. @@ -152,16 +160,16 @@ if that is not set. Instead of the standard '[PATCH]' prefix in the subject line, instead use '[<Subject-Prefix>]'. This allows for useful naming of a patch series, and can be - combined with the --numbered option. + combined with the `--numbered` option. --cc=<email>:: - Add a "Cc:" header to the email headers. This is in addition + Add a `Cc:` header to the email headers. This is in addition to any configured headers, and may be used multiple times. --add-header=<header>:: Add an arbitrary header to the email headers. This is in addition to any configured headers, and may be used multiple times. - For example, --add-header="Organization: git-foo" + For example, `--add-header="Organization: git-foo"` --cover-letter:: In addition to the patches, generate a cover letter file @@ -213,7 +221,7 @@ EXAMPLES -------- * Extract commits between revisions R1 and R2, and apply them on top of -the current branch using 'git-am' to cherry-pick them: +the current branch using 'git am' to cherry-pick them: + ------------ $ git format-patch -k --stdout R1..R2 | git am -3 -k |