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authorJunio C Hamano <junio@hera.kernel.org>2008-10-20 05:42:33 +0000
committerJunio C Hamano <junio@hera.kernel.org>2008-10-20 05:42:33 +0000
commit7d06a8aba96d4197610b089a0862b46d84a36f53 (patch)
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downloadgit-htmldocs-7d06a8aba96d4197610b089a0862b46d84a36f53.tar.gz
Autogenerated HTML docs for v1.6.0.2-588-g3102
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@@ -372,8 +372,10 @@ The names of the output files are printed to standard
output, unless the --stdout option is specified.</p></div>
<div class="para"><p>If -o is specified, output files are created in &lt;dir&gt;. Otherwise
they are created in the current working directory.</p></div>
-<div class="para"><p>If -n is specified, instead of "[PATCH] Subject", the first line
-is formatted as "[PATCH n/m] Subject".</p></div>
+<div class="para"><p>By default, the subject of a single patch is "[PATCH] First Line" and
+the subject when multiple patches are output is "[PATCH n/m] First
+Line". To force 1/1 to be added for a single patch, use -n. To omit
+patch numbers from the subject, use -N</p></div>
<div class="para"><p>If given --thread, <em>git-format-patch</em> will generate In-Reply-To and
References headers to make the second and subsequent patch mails appear
as replies to the first mail; this also generates a Message-Id header to
@@ -892,7 +894,7 @@ reference.</p></div>
</dt>
<dd>
<p>
- Name output in <em>[PATCH n/m]</em> format.
+ Name output in <em>[PATCH n/m]</em> format, even with a single patch.
</p>
</dd>
<dt>
@@ -1159,7 +1161,7 @@ as e-mailable patches:
</div>
<div id="footer">
<div id="footer-text">
-Last updated 2008-10-18 18:57:33 UTC
+Last updated 2008-10-20 05:42:00 UTC
</div>
</div>
</body>