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authorJunio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2013-04-18 11:49:11 -0700
committerJunio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2013-04-18 11:49:11 -0700
commit288aa7534ae79eef03f79aaec355a7eedb08ddfa (patch)
tree5316efce15cad491893eb91fbb87cecb767f0f17 /Documentation/git-format-patch.txt
parentMerge branch 'jc/push-2.0-default-to-simple' (early part) (diff)
parentrebase-am: explicitly disable cover-letter (diff)
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Merge branch 'fc/send-email-annotate'
Allows format-patch --cover-letter to be configurable; the most notable is the "auto" mode to create cover-letter only for multi patch series. * fc/send-email-annotate: rebase-am: explicitly disable cover-letter format-patch: trivial cleanups format-patch: add format.coverLetter configuration variable log: update to OPT_BOOL format-patch: refactor branch name calculation format-patch: improve head calculation for cover-letter send-email: make annotate configurable
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diff --git a/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt b/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt
index 3a62f50eda..39118774af 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ SYNOPSIS
[--ignore-if-in-upstream]
[--subject-prefix=Subject-Prefix] [(--reroll-count|-v) <n>]
[--to=<email>] [--cc=<email>]
- [--cover-letter] [--quiet] [--notes[=<ref>]]
+ [--[no-]cover-letter] [--quiet] [--notes[=<ref>]]
[<common diff options>]
[ <since> | <revision range> ]
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ will want to ensure that threading is disabled for `git send-email`.
`Cc:`, and custom) headers added so far from config or command
line.
---cover-letter::
+--[no-]cover-letter::
In addition to the patches, generate a cover letter file
containing the shortlog and the overall diffstat. You can
fill in a description in the file before sending it out.
@@ -260,6 +260,7 @@ attachments, and sign off patches with configuration variables.
cc = <email>
attach [ = mime-boundary-string ]
signoff = true
+ coverletter = auto
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