summaryrefslogtreecommitdiff
diff options
context:
space:
mode:
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-format-patch.txt8
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt b/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt
index e7703a5..59f34b9 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ SYNOPSIS
'git-format-patch' [-n | -k] [-o <dir> | --stdout] [--attach] [--thread]
[-s | --signoff] [--diff-options] [--start-number <n>]
[--in-reply-to=Message-Id] [--suffix=.<sfx>]
+ [--ignore-if-in-upstream]
<since>[..<until>]
DESCRIPTION
@@ -80,6 +81,13 @@ OPTIONS
reply to the given Message-Id, which avoids breaking threads to
provide a new patch series.
+--ignore-if-in-upstream::
+ Do not include a patch that matches a commit in
+ <until>..<since>. This will examine all patches reachable
+ from <since> but not from <until> and compare them with the
+ patches being generated, and any patch that matches is
+ ignored.
+
--suffix=.<sfx>::
Instead of using `.patch` as the suffix for generated
filenames, use specifed suffix. A common alternative is