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diff --git a/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt b/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt index 4035649..6821441 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt @@ -57,7 +57,11 @@ The names of the output files are printed to standard output, unless the `--stdout` option is specified. If `-o` is specified, output files are created in <dir>. Otherwise -they are created in the current working directory. +they are created in the current working directory. The default path +can be set with the 'format.outputDirectory' configuration option. +The `-o` option takes precedence over `format.outputDirectory`. +To store patches in the current working directory even when +`format.outputDirectory` points elsewhere, use `-o .`. By default, the subject of a single patch is "[PATCH] " followed by the concatenation of lines from the commit message up to the first blank @@ -109,6 +113,7 @@ include::diff-options.txt[] --signoff:: Add `Signed-off-by:` line to the commit message, using the committer identity of yourself. + See the signoff option in linkgit:git-commit[1] for more information. --stdout:: Print all commits to the standard output in mbox format, @@ -256,6 +261,10 @@ you can use `--suffix=-patch` to get `0001-description-of-my-change-patch`. using this option cannot be applied properly, but they are still useful for code review. +--zero-commit:: + Output an all-zero hash in each patch's From header instead + of the hash of the commit. + --root:: Treat the revision argument as a <revision range>, even if it is just a single commit (that would normally be treated as a |