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| author | Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net> | 2005-11-05 02:55:18 -0800 |
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| committer | Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net> | 2005-11-05 02:55:18 -0800 |
| commit | 28ffb8987af97e28accc707c724207fbd745b027 (patch) | |
| tree | ed8d6f8291803792bc247e72a8ffafeb63fc0cc1 /Documentation/git-format-patch.txt | |
| parent | bd7c8aab7098e6e340060c0d7f1fab8595905b2d (diff) | |
| download | git-28ffb8987af97e28accc707c724207fbd745b027.tar.gz git-28ffb8987af97e28accc707c724207fbd745b027.tar.xz | |
Documentation: format-patch
Add examples section and talk about using this to cherry-pick
commits.
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
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diff --git a/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt b/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt index f3ef4c1e0..7a3abec02 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt @@ -59,6 +59,26 @@ OPTIONS standard output, instead of saving them into a file per patch and implies --mbox. + +EXAMPLES +-------- + +git-format-patch -k --stdout R1..R2 | git-am -3 -k:: + Extract commits between revisions R1 and R2, and apply + them on top of the current branch using `git-am` to + cherry-pick them. + +git-format-patch origin:: + Extract commits the current branch accumulated since it + pulled from origin the last time in a patch form for + e-mail submission. + + +See Also +-------- +gitlink:git-am[1], gitlink:git-send-email + + Author ------ Written by Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net> |