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.\" Title: git-format-patch
.\" Author: [FIXME: author] [see http://www.docbook.org/tdg5/en/html/author]
.\" Generator: DocBook XSL Stylesheets vsnapshot <http://docbook.sf.net/>
-.\" Date: 09/05/2022
+.\" Date: 09/09/2022
.\" Manual: Git Manual
-.\" Source: Git 2.37.3.518.g79f2338b37
+.\" Source: Git 2.37.3.542.gdd3f6c4cae
.\" Language: English
.\"
-.TH "GIT\-FORMAT\-PATCH" "1" "09/05/2022" "Git 2\&.37\&.3\&.518\&.g79f233" "Git Manual"
+.TH "GIT\-FORMAT\-PATCH" "1" "09/09/2022" "Git 2\&.37\&.3\&.542\&.gdd3f6c" "Git Manual"
.\" -----------------------------------------------------------------
.\" * Define some portability stuff
.\" -----------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -870,6 +870,15 @@ already handles this transformation for you, and this option should not be used
\fBgit send\-email\fR\&.
.RE
.PP
+\-\-[no\-]force\-in\-body\-from
+.RS 4
+With the e\-mail sender specified via the
+\fB\-\-from\fR
+option, by default, an in\-body "From:" to identify the real author of the commit is added at the top of the commit log message if the sender is different from the author\&. With this option, the in\-body "From:" is added even when the sender and the author have the same name and address, which may help if the mailing list software mangles the sender\(cqs identity\&. Defaults to the value of the
+\fBformat\&.forceInBodyFrom\fR
+configuration variable\&.
+.RE
+.PP
\-\-add\-header=<header>
.RS 4
Add an arbitrary header to the email headers\&. This is in addition to any configured headers, and may be used multiple times\&. For example,