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| author | Junio C Hamano <junio@hera.kernel.org> | 2008-10-20 05:42:33 +0000 |
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| committer | Junio C Hamano <junio@hera.kernel.org> | 2008-10-20 05:42:33 +0000 |
| commit | 7d06a8aba96d4197610b089a0862b46d84a36f53 (patch) | |
| tree | 32010c51081107cd4c7b54fb59b212abdd429fcd /git-format-patch.txt | |
| parent | a2deec5920d1cc24a58ea6af6f0f7d36dedd0f7d (diff) | |
| download | git-htmldocs-7d06a8aba96d4197610b089a0862b46d84a36f53.tar.gz | |
Autogenerated HTML docs for v1.6.0.2-588-g3102
Diffstat (limited to 'git-format-patch.txt')
| -rw-r--r-- | git-format-patch.txt | 8 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/git-format-patch.txt b/git-format-patch.txt index adb4ea7b1..ac36ce871 100644 --- a/git-format-patch.txt +++ b/git-format-patch.txt @@ -58,8 +58,10 @@ 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. -If -n is specified, instead of "[PATCH] Subject", the first line -is formatted as "[PATCH n/m] Subject". +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 If given --thread, 'git-format-patch' will generate In-Reply-To and References headers to make the second and subsequent patch mails appear @@ -81,7 +83,7 @@ include::diff-options.txt[] -n:: --numbered:: - Name output in '[PATCH n/m]' format. + Name output in '[PATCH n/m]' format, even with a single patch. -N:: --no-numbered:: |