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| author | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2009-03-11 13:48:07 -0700 |
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| committer | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2009-03-11 13:48:07 -0700 |
| commit | 5a5bd23486c5d8721f4654eadec75213d3dc074f (patch) | |
| tree | 51a0d4bf4b3277c010fe623f55e32c5824994eef /Documentation/git-format-patch.txt | |
| parent | 72e3c32bef0574ec6febc5e815b0467f892ef7e2 (diff) | |
| parent | 30984ed2e92651962c6b8bdacf1f84da75d1da95 (diff) | |
| download | git-5a5bd23486c5d8721f4654eadec75213d3dc074f.tar.gz | |
Merge branch 'tr/format-patch-thread'
* tr/format-patch-thread:
format-patch: support deep threading
format-patch: thread as reply to cover letter even with in-reply-to
format-patch: track several references
format-patch: threading test reactivation
Conflicts:
builtin-log.c
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/git-format-patch.txt')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-format-patch.txt | 10 |
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt b/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt index e7ae8cf109..c14e3ee395 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt +++ b/Documentation/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 |