| git-format-patch(1) | |
| =================== | |
| NAME | |
| ---- | |
| git-format-patch - Prepare patches for e-mail submission. | |
| SYNOPSIS | |
| -------- | |
| 'git-format-patch' [-n][-o <dir>][-k][--mbox][--diff-options] <his> [<mine>] | |
| DESCRIPTION | |
| ----------- | |
| Prepare each commit with its patch since <mine> head forked from | |
| <his> head, one file per patch, for e-mail submission. Each | |
| output file is numbered sequentially from 1, and uses the first | |
| line of the commit message (massaged for pathname safety) as the | |
| filename. | |
| When -o is specified, output files are created in that | |
| directory; otherwise in the current working directory. | |
| When -n is specified, instead of "[PATCH] Subject", the first | |
| line is formatted as "[PATCH N/M] Subject", unless you have only | |
| one patch. | |
| When --mbox is specified, the output is formatted to resemble | |
| UNIX mailbox format, and can be concatenated together for | |
| processing with applymbox. | |
| OPTIONS | |
| ------- | |
| -o <dir>:: | |
| Use <dir> to store the resulting files, instead of the | |
| current working directory. | |
| -n:: | |
| Name output in '[PATCH n/m]' format. | |
| -k:: | |
| Do not strip/add '[PATCH]' from the first line of the | |
| commit log message. | |
| --author, --date:: | |
| Output From: and Date: headers for commits made by | |
| yourself as well. Usually these are output only for | |
| commits made by people other than yourself. | |
| --mbox:: | |
| Format the output files for closer to mbox format by | |
| adding a phony Unix "From " line, so they can be | |
| concatenated together and fed to `git-applymbox`. | |
| Implies --author and --date. | |
| Author | |
| ------ | |
| Written by Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net> | |
| Documentation | |
| -------------- | |
| Documentation by Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>. | |
| GIT | |
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| Part of the gitlink:git[7] suite | |