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| author | Junio C Hamano <junio@hera.kernel.org> | 2009-07-23 06:20:29 +0000 |
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| committer | Junio C Hamano <junio@hera.kernel.org> | 2009-07-23 06:20:29 +0000 |
| commit | 1bbd0f421645c0e5b4a5a9749c0d3e44d55e005d (patch) | |
| tree | 2fe7652a7f0558b0cee47d363e77e34c218e2d2b /git-format-patch.txt | |
| parent | f7151d58dd0018b6e7776b271194114488681397 (diff) | |
| download | git-htmldocs-1bbd0f421645c0e5b4a5a9749c0d3e44d55e005d.tar.gz | |
Autogenerated HTML docs for v1.6.4-rc2
Diffstat (limited to 'git-format-patch.txt')
| -rw-r--r-- | git-format-patch.txt | 22 |
1 files changed, 15 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/git-format-patch.txt b/git-format-patch.txt index 6f1fc8011..687e66759 100644 --- a/git-format-patch.txt +++ b/git-format-patch.txt @@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ SYNOPSIS -------- [verse] 'git format-patch' [-k] [(-o|--output-directory) <dir> | --stdout] - [--thread[=<style>]] + [--no-thread | --thread[=<style>]] [(--attach|--inline)[=<boundary>] | --no-attach] [-s | --signoff] [-n | --numbered | -N | --no-numbered] @@ -124,17 +124,25 @@ include::diff-options.txt[] second part, with "Content-Disposition: inline". --thread[=<style>]:: - 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. +--no-thread:: + 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. + The optional <style> argument can be either `shallow` or `deep`. 'shallow' threading makes every mail a reply to the head of the series, where the head is chosen from the cover letter, the `\--in-reply-to`, and the first patch mail, in this order. 'deep' -threading makes every mail a reply to the previous one. If not -specified, defaults to the 'format.thread' configuration, or `shallow` -if that is not set. +threading makes every mail a reply to the previous one. ++ +The default is --no-thread, unless the 'format.thread' configuration +is set. If --thread is specified without a style, it defaults to the +style specified by 'format.thread' if any, or else `shallow`. ++ +Beware that the default for 'git send-email' is to thread emails +itself. If you want 'git format-patch' to take care of hreading, you +will want to ensure that threading is disabled for 'git send-email'. --in-reply-to=Message-Id:: Make the first mail (or all the mails with --no-thread) appear as a |