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| author | Junio C Hamano <junio@hera.kernel.org> | 2009-03-11 23:56:19 +0000 |
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| committer | Junio C Hamano <junio@hera.kernel.org> | 2009-03-11 23:56:19 +0000 |
| commit | ea6a764cc1ad1ab76cde6aa01c26aa1acb89739c (patch) | |
| tree | 18a718978275b3646c8d27739756a5a431bf4024 /git-format-patch.txt | |
| parent | 5705393880d089d154d561c1abebb4acb411690e (diff) | |
| download | git-htmldocs-ea6a764cc1ad1ab76cde6aa01c26aa1acb89739c.tar.gz | |
Autogenerated HTML docs for v1.6.2-149-g6462
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1 files changed, 9 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/git-format-patch.txt b/git-format-patch.txt index e7ae8cf10..c14e3ee39 100644 --- a/git-format-patch.txt +++ b/git-format-patch.txt @@ -127,10 +127,18 @@ include::diff-options.txt[] which is the commit message and the patch itself in the second part, with "Content-Disposition: inline". ---thread:: +--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. ++ +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. --in-reply-to=Message-Id:: Make the first mail (or all the mails with --no-thread) appear as a |