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[v9,1/2] doc: git-format-patch: describe the option --always

Message ID 3b41ca3dec748a8467c99f051e9dfcca1091d6ee.1637564555.git.gitgitgadget@gmail.com (mailing list archive)
State Superseded
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Series am: support --empty=(die|drop|keep) option to handle empty patches | expand

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徐沛文 (Aleen) Nov. 22, 2021, 7:02 a.m. UTC 
From: =?UTF-8?q?Aleen=20=E5=BE=90=E6=B2=9B=E6=96=87?= <aleen42@vip.qq.com>

This commit has described how to use '--always' option in the command
'git-format-patch' to include patches for commits that emit no changes.

Signed-off-by: Aleen 徐沛文 <aleen42@vip.qq.com>
---
 Documentation/git-format-patch.txt | 6 +++++-
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
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diff --git a/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt b/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt
index 113eabc107c..be797d7a28f 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@  SYNOPSIS
 		   [-n | --numbered | -N | --no-numbered]
 		   [--start-number <n>] [--numbered-files]
 		   [--in-reply-to=<message id>] [--suffix=.<sfx>]
-		   [--ignore-if-in-upstream]
+		   [--ignore-if-in-upstream] [--always]
 		   [--cover-from-description=<mode>]
 		   [--rfc] [--subject-prefix=<subject prefix>]
 		   [(--reroll-count|-v) <n>]
@@ -192,6 +192,10 @@  will want to ensure that threading is disabled for `git send-email`.
 	patches being generated, and any patch that matches is
 	ignored.
 
+--always::
+	Include patches for commits that do not introduce any change,
+	which are omitted by default.
+
 --cover-from-description=<mode>::
 	Controls which parts of the cover letter will be automatically
 	populated using the branch's description.