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diff --git a/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt b/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt index 39118774af..c0fd470da4 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt @@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ SYNOPSIS [(--attach|--inline)[=<boundary>] | --no-attach] [-s | --signoff] [--signature=<signature> | --no-signature] + [--signature-file=<file>] [-n | --numbered | -N | --no-numbered] [--start-number <n>] [--numbered-files] [--in-reply-to=Message-Id] [--suffix=.<sfx>] @@ -187,6 +188,21 @@ will want to ensure that threading is disabled for `git send-email`. The negated form `--no-cc` discards all `Cc:` headers added so far (from config or command line). +--from:: +--from=<ident>:: + Use `ident` in the `From:` header of each commit email. If the + author ident of the commit is not textually identical to the + provided `ident`, place a `From:` header in the body of the + message with the original author. If no `ident` is given, use + the committer ident. ++ +Note that this option is only useful if you are actually sending the +emails and want to identify yourself as the sender, but retain the +original author (and `git am` will correctly pick up the in-body +header). Note also that `git send-email` already handles this +transformation for you, and this option should not be used if you are +feeding the result to `git send-email`. + --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. @@ -218,6 +234,9 @@ configuration options in linkgit:git-notes[1] to use this workflow). signature option is omitted the signature defaults to the Git version number. +--signature-file=<file>:: + Works just like --signature except the signature is read from a file. + --suffix=.<sfx>:: Instead of using `.patch` as the suffix for generated filenames, use specified suffix. A common alternative is @@ -227,6 +246,7 @@ configuration options in linkgit:git-notes[1] to use this workflow). Note that the leading character does not have to be a dot; for example, you can use `--suffix=-patch` to get `0001-description-of-my-change-patch`. +-q:: --quiet:: Do not print the names of the generated files to standard output. @@ -422,7 +442,8 @@ Edit..Preferences..Composition, wrap plain text messages at 0 In Thunderbird 3: Edit..Preferences..Advanced..Config Editor. Search for "mail.wrap_long_lines". -Toggle it to make sure it is set to `false`. +Toggle it to make sure it is set to `false`. Also, search for +"mailnews.wraplength" and set the value to 0. 3. Disable the use of format=flowed: Edit..Preferences..Advanced..Config Editor. Search for |