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diff --git a/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt b/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt index fe2f69d36e..be797d7a28 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt @@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ SYNOPSIS [-n | --numbered | -N | --no-numbered] [--start-number <n>] [--numbered-files] [--in-reply-to=<message id>] [--suffix=.<sfx>] - [--ignore-if-in-upstream] + [--ignore-if-in-upstream] [--always] [--cover-from-description=<mode>] [--rfc] [--subject-prefix=<subject prefix>] [(--reroll-count|-v) <n>] @@ -192,6 +192,10 @@ will want to ensure that threading is disabled for `git send-email`. patches being generated, and any patch that matches is ignored. +--always:: + Include patches for commits that do not introduce any change, + which are omitted by default. + --cover-from-description=<mode>:: Controls which parts of the cover letter will be automatically populated using the branch's description. @@ -689,10 +693,10 @@ You can also use `git format-patch --base=P -3 C` to generate patches for A, B and C, and the identifiers for P, X, Y, Z are appended at the end of the first message. -If set `--base=auto` in cmdline, it will track base commit automatically, -the base commit will be the merge base of tip commit of the remote-tracking +If set `--base=auto` in cmdline, it will automatically compute +the base commit as the merge base of tip commit of the remote-tracking branch and revision-range specified in cmdline. -For a local branch, you need to track a remote branch by `git branch +For a local branch, you need to make it to track a remote branch by `git branch --set-upstream-to` before using this option. EXAMPLES |