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author | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2019-09-30 04:19:23 (GMT) |
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committer | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2019-09-30 04:19:24 (GMT) |
commit | 1c6fc941c7bc1a94eee9d14725c324dccd010776 (patch) | |
tree | d060783dcb82f20859984a2630aafebc92d39b41 /Documentation | |
parent | 0281733483c19e5bcd58b0e148707b9fb7f8c20a (diff) | |
parent | 50094ca45f27b8bf5f4c234b2f2643ecd61b8c86 (diff) | |
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Merge branch 'dl/format-patch-doc-test-cleanup'
The documentation and tests for "git format-patch" have been
cleaned up.
* dl/format-patch-doc-test-cleanup:
config/format.txt: specify default value of format.coverLetter
Doc: add more detail for git-format-patch
t4014: stop losing return codes of git commands
t4014: remove confusing pipe in check_threading()
t4014: use test_line_count() where possible
t4014: let sed open its own files
t4014: drop redirections to /dev/null
t4014: use indentable here-docs
t4014: remove spaces after redirect operators
t4014: use sq for test case names
t4014: move closing sq onto its own line
t4014: s/expected/expect/
t4014: drop unnecessary blank lines from test cases
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/config/format.txt | 1 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-format-patch.txt | 23 |
2 files changed, 14 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/config/format.txt b/Documentation/config/format.txt index 414a5a8..cb629fa 100644 --- a/Documentation/config/format.txt +++ b/Documentation/config/format.txt @@ -77,6 +77,7 @@ format.coverLetter:: A boolean that controls whether to generate a cover-letter when format-patch is invoked, but in addition can be set to "auto", to generate a cover-letter only when there's more than one patch. + Default is false. format.outputDirectory:: Set a custom directory to store the resulting files instead of the diff --git a/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt b/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt index b9b97e6..0ac56f4 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt @@ -17,9 +17,9 @@ SYNOPSIS [--signature-file=<file>] [-n | --numbered | -N | --no-numbered] [--start-number <n>] [--numbered-files] - [--in-reply-to=Message-Id] [--suffix=.<sfx>] + [--in-reply-to=<message id>] [--suffix=.<sfx>] [--ignore-if-in-upstream] - [--rfc] [--subject-prefix=Subject-Prefix] + [--rfc] [--subject-prefix=<subject prefix>] [(--reroll-count|-v) <n>] [--to=<email>] [--cc=<email>] [--[no-]cover-letter] [--quiet] @@ -159,9 +159,9 @@ 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:: +--in-reply-to=<message id>:: 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 + reply to the given <message id>, which avoids breaking threads to provide a new patch series. --ignore-if-in-upstream:: @@ -171,9 +171,9 @@ will want to ensure that threading is disabled for `git send-email`. patches being generated, and any patch that matches is ignored. ---subject-prefix=<Subject-Prefix>:: +--subject-prefix=<subject prefix>:: Instead of the standard '[PATCH]' prefix in the subject - line, instead use '[<Subject-Prefix>]'. This + line, instead use '[<subject prefix>]'. This allows for useful naming of a patch series, and can be combined with the `--numbered` option. @@ -314,7 +314,8 @@ you can use `--suffix=-patch` to get `0001-description-of-my-change-patch`. --base=<commit>:: Record the base tree information to identify the state the patch series applies to. See the BASE TREE INFORMATION section - below for details. + below for details. If <commit> is "auto", a base commit is + automatically chosen. --root:: Treat the revision argument as a <revision range>, even if it @@ -330,8 +331,9 @@ CONFIGURATION ------------- You can specify extra mail header lines to be added to each message, defaults for the subject prefix and file suffix, number patches when -outputting more than one patch, add "To" or "Cc:" headers, configure -attachments, and sign off patches with configuration variables. +outputting more than one patch, add "To:" or "Cc:" headers, configure +attachments, change the patch output directory, and sign off patches +with configuration variables. ------------ [format] @@ -343,7 +345,8 @@ attachments, and sign off patches with configuration variables. cc = <email> attach [ = mime-boundary-string ] signOff = true - coverletter = auto + outputDirectory = <directory> + coverLetter = auto ------------ |