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| author | Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net> | 2006-08-07 17:02:07 -0700 |
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| committer | Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net> | 2006-08-07 17:02:07 -0700 |
| commit | 9673198ee867cea4ed70d2cf54c1a2eb8f27bb46 (patch) | |
| tree | f06a5be02102b0a78f56e18beffa8fa5c3e70b6e /Documentation/git-format-patch.txt | |
| parent | 96bc4de85cf810db5c7cd94bf0688a98a64a0bc7 (diff) | |
| parent | 7c49cb288173ab5264b3b9e4257aeeb13388334c (diff) | |
| download | git-9673198ee867cea4ed70d2cf54c1a2eb8f27bb46.tar.xz | |
Merge branch 'master' into pb/gitpm
This is to resolve the conflicts with Ryan's annotate updates early.
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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-format-patch.txt | 16 |
1 files changed, 15 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt b/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt index 4ca0014dac..67425dc035 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt @@ -9,8 +9,9 @@ git-format-patch - Prepare patches for e-mail submission SYNOPSIS -------- [verse] -'git-format-patch' [-n | -k] [-o <dir> | --stdout] [--attach] +'git-format-patch' [-n | -k] [-o <dir> | --stdout] [--attach] [--thread] [-s | --signoff] [--diff-options] [--start-number <n>] + [--in-reply-to=Message-Id] <since>[..<until>] DESCRIPTION @@ -35,6 +36,10 @@ 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". +If given --thread, git-format-patch will generate In-Reply-To and +References headers to make the second and subsequent patch mails appear +as replies to the first mail; this also generates a Message-Id header to +reference. OPTIONS ------- @@ -63,6 +68,15 @@ OPTIONS --attach:: Create attachments instead of inlining patches. +--thread:: + 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. + +--in-reply-to=Message-Id:: + Make the first mail (or all the mails with --no-thread) appear as a + reply to the given Message-Id, which avoids breaking threads to + provide a new patch series. CONFIGURATION ------------- |