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| author | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2019-11-11 13:33:46 +0900 |
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| committer | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2019-11-11 13:33:46 +0900 |
| commit | 8ac8a3d8dd001611b77776fa19ef37c2c87cd987 (patch) | |
| tree | efa3af5ebd3192b611732553c90c2d9baaa1e398 /git-format-patch.txt | |
| parent | 79d41dbe0b2fcbbc1cd5f6c188073a0956174289 (diff) | |
| download | git-htmldocs-8ac8a3d8dd001611b77776fa19ef37c2c87cd987.tar.gz | |
Autogenerated HTML docs for v2.24.0-155-gd9f6f
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diff --git a/git-format-patch.txt b/git-format-patch.txt index 2035d4d5d..00bdf9b12 100644 --- a/git-format-patch.txt +++ b/git-format-patch.txt @@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ SYNOPSIS [--start-number <n>] [--numbered-files] [--in-reply-to=<message id>] [--suffix=.<sfx>] [--ignore-if-in-upstream] + [--cover-from-description=<mode>] [--rfc] [--subject-prefix=<subject prefix>] [(--reroll-count|-v) <n>] [--to=<email>] [--cc=<email>] @@ -172,6 +173,26 @@ will want to ensure that threading is disabled for `git send-email`. patches being generated, and any patch that matches is ignored. +--cover-from-description=<mode>:: + Controls which parts of the cover letter will be automatically + populated using the branch's description. ++ +If `<mode>` is `message` or `default`, the cover letter subject will be +populated with placeholder text. The body of the cover letter will be +populated with the branch's description. This is the default mode when +no configuration nor command line option is specified. ++ +If `<mode>` is `subject`, the first paragraph of the branch description will +populate the cover letter subject. The remainder of the description will +populate the body of the cover letter. ++ +If `<mode>` is `auto`, if the first paragraph of the branch description +is greater than 100 bytes, then the mode will be `message`, otherwise +`subject` will be used. ++ +If `<mode>` is `none`, both the cover letter subject and body will be +populated with placeholder text. + --subject-prefix=<subject prefix>:: Instead of the standard '[PATCH]' prefix in the subject line, instead use '[<subject prefix>]'. This @@ -348,6 +369,7 @@ with configuration variables. signOff = true outputDirectory = <directory> coverLetter = auto + coverFromDescription = auto ------------ |