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diff --git a/Documentation/git-mailsplit.txt b/Documentation/git-mailsplit.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..5cc94ec53d --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/git-mailsplit.txt @@ -0,0 +1,58 @@ +git-mailsplit(1) +================ + +NAME +---- +git-mailsplit - Simple UNIX mbox splitter program + +SYNOPSIS +-------- +'git mailsplit' [-b] [-f<nn>] [-d<prec>] -o<directory> [--] [<mbox>|<Maildir>...] + +DESCRIPTION +----------- +Splits a mbox file or a Maildir into a list of files: "0001" "0002" .. in the +specified directory so you can process them further from there. + +IMPORTANT: Maildir splitting relies upon filenames being sorted to output +patches in the correct order. + +OPTIONS +------- +<mbox>:: + Mbox file to split. If not given, the mbox is read from + the standard input. + +<Maildir>:: + Root of the Maildir to split. This directory should contain the cur, tmp + and new subdirectories. + +-o<directory>:: + Directory in which to place the individual messages. + +-b:: + If any file doesn't begin with a From line, assume it is a + single mail message instead of signaling error. + +-d<prec>:: + Instead of the default 4 digits with leading zeros, + different precision can be specified for the generated + filenames. + +-f<nn>:: + Skip the first <nn> numbers, for example if -f3 is specified, + start the numbering with 0004. + +Author +------ +Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org> +and Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> + + +Documentation +-------------- +Documentation by Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>. + +GIT +--- +Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite |