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authorJunio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2012-11-15 13:12:29 -0800
committerJunio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2012-11-15 13:12:29 -0800
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@@ -594,7 +594,7 @@ git-format-patch(1) Manual Page
[--ignore-if-in-upstream]
[--subject-prefix=Subject-Prefix]
[--to=&lt;email&gt;] [--cc=&lt;email&gt;]
- [--cover-letter] [--quiet]
+ [--cover-letter] [--quiet] [--notes[=&lt;ref&gt;]]
[&lt;common diff options&gt;]
[ &lt;since&gt; | &lt;revision range&gt; ]</div>
<div class="verseblock-attribution">
@@ -1351,6 +1351,22 @@ will want to ensure that threading is disabled for <tt>git send-email</tt>.</p><
</p>
</dd>
<dt class="hdlist1">
+--notes[=&lt;ref&gt;]
+</dt>
+<dd>
+<p>
+ Append the notes (see <a href="git-notes.html">git-notes(1)</a>) for the commit
+ after the three-dash line.
+</p>
+<div class="paragraph"><p>The expected use case of this is to write supporting explanation for
+the commit that does not belong to the commit log message proper,
+and include it with the patch submission. While one can simply write
+these explanations after <tt>format-patch</tt> has run but before sending,
+keeping them as git notes allows them to be maintained between versions
+of the patch series (but see the discussion of the <tt>notes.rewrite</tt>
+configuration options in <a href="git-notes.html">git-notes(1)</a> to use this workflow).</p></div>
+</dd>
+<dt class="hdlist1">
--[no]-signature=&lt;signature&gt;
</dt>
<dd>
@@ -1771,7 +1787,7 @@ as e-mailable patches:
<div id="footnotes"><hr /></div>
<div id="footer">
<div id="footer-text">
-Last updated 2012-09-17 16:55:59 PDT
+Last updated 2012-11-15 13:11:54 PDT
</div>
</div>
</body>