git-format-patch(1)
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NAME
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git-format-patch - Prepare patches for e-mail submission.


SYNOPSIS
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'git-format-patch' [-n][-o <dir>][-k][--mbox][--diff-options] <his> [<mine>]

DESCRIPTION
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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
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-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
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Written by Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>

Documentation
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Documentation by Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>.

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