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| author | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2008-10-19 16:06:44 -0700 |
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| committer | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2008-10-19 16:06:44 -0700 |
| commit | fd6e237d4e8b07287c8349aa99e897f4eace4ff3 (patch) | |
| tree | 8753aa2593c28be0deddb95421eb8d399c24e693 /Documentation/git-format-patch.txt | |
| parent | 18e143487ddb5b32b2f6003972d2115bb4ac460f (diff) | |
| parent | a567fdcb016e8e882ec0a1e044c9caac8f70e693 (diff) | |
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Merge branch 'gb/formatpatch-autonbr'
* gb/formatpatch-autonbr:
format-patch: autonumber by default
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/git-format-patch.txt')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-format-patch.txt | 8 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt b/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt index adb4ea7b1b..ac36ce8717 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt @@ -58,8 +58,10 @@ output, unless the --stdout option is specified. If -o is specified, output files are created in <dir>. Otherwise they are created in the current working directory. -If -n is specified, instead of "[PATCH] Subject", the first line -is formatted as "[PATCH n/m] Subject". +By default, the subject of a single patch is "[PATCH] First Line" and +the subject when multiple patches are output is "[PATCH n/m] First +Line". To force 1/1 to be added for a single patch, use -n. To omit +patch numbers from the subject, use -N If given --thread, 'git-format-patch' will generate In-Reply-To and References headers to make the second and subsequent patch mails appear @@ -81,7 +83,7 @@ include::diff-options.txt[] -n:: --numbered:: - Name output in '[PATCH n/m]' format. + Name output in '[PATCH n/m]' format, even with a single patch. -N:: --no-numbered:: |