git/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt, branch v2.7.3

Merge branch 'dw/signoff-doc' into maint

2016-02-05T22:54:09Z

The documentation has been updated to hint the connection between the '--signoff' option and DCO. * dw/signoff-doc: Expand documentation describing --signoff

Expand documentation describing --signoff

2016-01-05T21:42:39Z

Modify various document (man page) files to explain in more detail what --signoff means. This was inspired by https://lwn.net/Articles/669976/ where paulj noted, "adding [the] '-s' argument to [a] git commit doesn't really mean you have even heard of the DCO...". Extending git's documentation will make it easier to argue that developers understood --signoff when they use it. Signed-off-by: David A. Wheeler Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano

format-patch: add an option to suppress commit hash

2015-12-15T18:03:40Z

Oftentimes, patches created by git format-patch will be stored in version control or compared with diff. In these cases, two otherwise identical patches can have different commit hashes, leading to diff noise. Teach git format-patch a --zero-commit option that instead produces an all-zero hash to avoid this diff noise. Signed-off-by: brian m. carlson Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano

Merge branch 'po/doc-branch-desc'

2015-09-17T19:29:03Z

The branch descriptions that are set with "git branch --edit-description" option were used in many places but they weren't clearly documented. * po/doc-branch-desc: doc: show usage of branch description

doc: show usage of branch description

2015-09-14T19:50:33Z

The branch description will be included in 'git format-patch --cover-letter' and in 'git pull-request' emails. It can also be used in the automatic merge message. Tell the reader. While here, clarify that the description may be a multi-line explanation of the purpose of the branch's patch series. Signed-off-by: Philip Oakley Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano

Merge branch 'fk/doc-format-patch-vn'

2015-06-24T19:21:56Z

Docfix. * fk/doc-format-patch-vn: doc: format-patch: fix typo

doc: format-patch: fix typo

2015-06-10T21:37:04Z

reroll count documentation states that v will be pretended to the filename. Judging by the examples that should have been 'prepended'. Signed-off-by: Frans Klaver Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano

*config.txt: stick to camelCase naming convention

2015-03-14T05:13:46Z

This should improve readability. Compare "thislongname" and "thisLongName". The following keys are left in unchanged. We can decide what to do with them later. - am.keepcr - core.autocrlf .safecrlf .trustctime - diff.dirstat .noprefix - gitcvs.usecrlfattr - gui.blamehistoryctx .trustmtime - pull.twohead - receive.autogc - sendemail.signedoffbycc .smtpsslcertpath .suppresscc Helped-by: Eric Sunshine Signed-off-by: Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy Signed-off-by: Eric Sunshine Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano

format-patch: add "--signature-file=" option

2014-05-27T19:38:32Z

Add an option to format-patch for reading a signature from a file. $ git format-patch -1 --signature-file=$HOME/.signature The config variable `format.signaturefile` can also be used to make this the default. $ git config format.signaturefile $HOME/.signature $ git format-patch -1 Signed-off-by: Jeremiah Mahler Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano

format-patch doc: Thunderbird wraps lines unless mailnews.wraplength=0

2013-10-14T23:20:01Z

The Thunderbird section of the 'MUA-specific hints' contains three different approaches to setting up the mail client to leave patch emails unmolested. The second approach (configuration) has a step missing when configuring the composition window not to wrap. In particular, the "mailnews.wraplength" configuration variable needs to be set to zero. Update the documentation to add the missing setting. Signed-off-by: Ramsay Jones Signed-off-by: Jonathan Nieder