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authorJunio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2026-03-16 12:42:54 -0700
committerJunio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2026-03-16 12:42:54 -0700
commitb3c222ed9103db7947b432a99d460e22bdc873ca (patch)
treeb8edc42f69bfb0da8b690501a7826e3845107696 /Documentation
parent67006b9db8b772423ad0706029286096307d2567 (diff)
parent51ed9f7e724468b8e44a7c33946dda38a335acca (diff)
downloadgit-b3c222ed9103db7947b432a99d460e22bdc873ca.tar.xz
Merge branch 'mf/format-patch-cover-letter-format' into mf/format-patch-commit-list-format
* mf/format-patch-cover-letter-format: docs: add usage for the cover-letter fmt feature format-patch: add commitListFormat config format-patch: add ability to use alt cover format format-patch: move cover letter summary generation pretty.c: add %(count) and %(total) placeholders
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
-rw-r--r--Documentation/config/format.adoc5
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-format-patch.adoc13
2 files changed, 18 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/config/format.adoc b/Documentation/config/format.adoc
index ab0710e86a..ea5ec5df7a 100644
--- a/Documentation/config/format.adoc
+++ b/Documentation/config/format.adoc
@@ -101,6 +101,11 @@ format.coverLetter::
generate a cover-letter only when there's more than one patch.
Default is false.
+format.commitListFormat::
+ When the `--cover-letter-format` option is not given, `format-patch`
+ uses the value of this variable to decide how to format the title of
+ each commit. Default to `shortlog`.
+
format.outputDirectory::
Set a custom directory to store the resulting files instead of the
current working directory. All directory components will be created.
diff --git a/Documentation/git-format-patch.adoc b/Documentation/git-format-patch.adoc
index 36146006fa..31fa492335 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-format-patch.adoc
+++ b/Documentation/git-format-patch.adoc
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ SYNOPSIS
[(--reroll-count|-v) <n>]
[--to=<email>] [--cc=<email>]
[--[no-]cover-letter] [--quiet]
+ [--cover-letter-format=<format-spec>]
[--[no-]encode-email-headers]
[--no-notes | --notes[=<ref>]]
[--interdiff=<previous>]
@@ -322,6 +323,17 @@ feeding the result to `git send-email`.
containing the branch description, shortlog and the overall diffstat. You can
fill in a description in the file before sending it out.
+--cover-letter-format=<format-spec>::
+ Specify the format in which to generate the commit list of the
+ patch series. This option is available if the user wants to use
+ an alternative to the default `shortlog` format. The accepted
+ values for format-spec are "shortlog" or a format string
+ prefixed with `log:`.
+ e.g. `log: %s (%an)`
+ If defined, defaults to the `format.commitListFormat` configuration
+ variable.
+ This option is relevant only if a cover letter is generated.
+
--encode-email-headers::
--no-encode-email-headers::
Encode email headers that have non-ASCII characters with
@@ -453,6 +465,7 @@ with configuration variables.
signOff = true
outputDirectory = <directory>
coverLetter = auto
+ commitListFormat = shortlog
coverFromDescription = auto
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