@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@ format.coverLetter::
A boolean that controls whether to generate a cover-letter when
format-patch is invoked, but in addition can be set to "auto", to
generate a cover-letter only when there's more than one patch.
+ Default is false.
format.outputDirectory::
Set a custom directory to store the resulting files instead of the
@@ -17,9 +17,9 @@ SYNOPSIS
[--signature-file=<file>]
[-n | --numbered | -N | --no-numbered]
[--start-number <n>] [--numbered-files]
- [--in-reply-to=<Message-Id>] [--suffix=.<sfx>]
+ [--in-reply-to=<message id>] [--suffix=.<sfx>]
[--ignore-if-in-upstream]
- [--rfc] [--subject-prefix=<Subject-Prefix>]
+ [--rfc] [--subject-prefix=<subject prefix>]
[(--reroll-count|-v) <n>]
[--to=<email>] [--cc=<email>]
[--[no-]cover-letter] [--quiet]
@@ -159,9 +159,9 @@ Beware that the default for 'git send-email' is to thread emails
itself. If you want `git format-patch` to take care of threading, you
will want to ensure that threading is disabled for `git send-email`.
---in-reply-to=<Message-Id>::
+--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
+ reply to the given <message id>, which avoids breaking threads to
provide a new patch series.
--ignore-if-in-upstream::
@@ -171,9 +171,9 @@ will want to ensure that threading is disabled for `git send-email`.
patches being generated, and any patch that matches is
ignored.
---subject-prefix=<Subject-Prefix>::
+--subject-prefix=<subject prefix>::
Instead of the standard '[PATCH]' prefix in the subject
- line, instead use '[<Subject-Prefix>]'. This
+ line, instead use '[<subject prefix>]'. This
allows for useful naming of a patch series, and can be
combined with the `--numbered` option.
Signed-off-by: Denton Liu <liu.denton@gmail.com> --- Documentation/config/format.txt | 1 + Documentation/git-format-patch.txt | 12 ++++++------ 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)