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authorJunio C Hamano <junio@hera.kernel.org>2009-07-23 06:20:29 +0000
committerJunio C Hamano <junio@hera.kernel.org>2009-07-23 06:20:29 +0000
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@@ -322,7 +322,7 @@ git-format-patch(1) Manual Page
<div class="sectionbody">
<div class="verseblock">
<div class="content"><em>git format-patch</em> [-k] [(-o|--output-directory) &lt;dir&gt; | --stdout]
- [--thread[=&lt;style&gt;]]
+ [--no-thread | --thread[=&lt;style&gt;]]
[(--attach|--inline)[=&lt;boundary&gt;] | --no-attach]
[-s | --signoff]
[-n | --numbered | -N | --no-numbered]
@@ -993,19 +993,27 @@ override configuration settings.</p></div>
<dt>
--thread[=&lt;style&gt;]
</dt>
+<dt>
+--no-thread
+</dt>
<dd>
<p>
- Add In-Reply-To and References headers to make the second and
- subsequent mails appear as replies to the first. Also generates
- the Message-Id header to reference.
+ Controls addition of In-Reply-To and References headers to
+ make the second and subsequent mails appear as replies to the
+ first. Also controls generation of the Message-Id header to
+ reference.
</p>
<div class="para"><p>The optional &lt;style&gt; argument can be either <tt>shallow</tt> or <tt>deep</tt>.
<em>shallow</em> threading makes every mail a reply to the head of the
series, where the head is chosen from the cover letter, the
<tt>--in-reply-to</tt>, and the first patch mail, in this order. <em>deep</em>
-threading makes every mail a reply to the previous one. If not
-specified, defaults to the <em>format.thread</em> configuration, or <tt>shallow</tt>
-if that is not set.</p></div>
+threading makes every mail a reply to the previous one.</p></div>
+<div class="para"><p>The default is --no-thread, unless the <em>format.thread</em> configuration
+is set. If --thread is specified without a style, it defaults to the
+style specified by <em>format.thread</em> if any, or else <tt>shallow</tt>.</p></div>
+<div class="para"><p>Beware that the default for <em>git send-email</em> is to thread emails
+itself. If you want <em>git format-patch</em> to take care of hreading, you
+will want to ensure that threading is disabled for <em>git send-email</em>.</p></div>
</dd>
<dt>
--in-reply-to=Message-Id
@@ -1203,7 +1211,7 @@ as e-mailable patches:
</div>
<div id="footer">
<div id="footer-text">
-Last updated 2009-07-01 02:30:51 UTC
+Last updated 2009-07-23 06:20:11 UTC
</div>
</div>
</body>