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| author | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2020-11-21 23:14:38 (GMT) |
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| committer | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2020-11-21 23:14:38 (GMT) |
| commit | 473c6224c6e46b68c4765d56628a85cea0ee9985 (patch) | |
| tree | 4d73a452c41644927eee2e603bf50df850c81d96 /Documentation/git-format-patch.txt | |
| parent | faefdd61ec7c7f6f3c8c9907891465ac9a2a1475 (diff) | |
| parent | 3baf58bfb4bcfe201970abeffa8e1396d2324250 (diff) | |
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Merge branch 'jc/format-patch-name-max'
The maximum length of output filenames "git format-patch" creates
has become configurable (used to be capped at 64).
* jc/format-patch-name-max:
format-patch: make output filename configurable
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/git-format-patch.txt')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-format-patch.txt | 8 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt b/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt index bf1bb40..3e49bf2 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt @@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ SYNOPSIS [--no-notes | --notes[=<ref>]] [--interdiff=<previous>] [--range-diff=<previous> [--creation-factor=<percent>]] + [--filename-max-length=<n>] [--progress] [<common diff options>] [ <since> | <revision range> ] @@ -200,6 +201,13 @@ populated with placeholder text. allows for useful naming of a patch series, and can be combined with the `--numbered` option. +--filename-max-length=<n>:: + Instead of the standard 64 bytes, chomp the generated output + filenames at around '<n>' bytes (too short a value will be + silently raised to a reasonable length). Defaults to the + value of the `format.filenameMaxLength` configuration + variable, or 64 if unconfigured. + --rfc:: Alias for `--subject-prefix="RFC PATCH"`. RFC means "Request For Comments"; use this when sending an experimental patch for |