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authorAndreas Ericsson <ae@op5.se>2006-02-07 09:37:54 +0000
committerJunio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>2006-02-07 02:09:55 -0800
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format-patch: Remove last vestiges of --mbox option
Don't mention it in docs or --help output. Remove mbox, date and author variables from git-format-patch.sh. Use DESCRIPTION text from man-page to update LONG_USAGE output. It's a bit silly to have two texts saying the same thing in different words, and I'm too lazy to update both. Signed-off-by: Andreas Ericsson <ae@op5.se> 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 47705de4f..9ac063685 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt
@@ -9,28 +9,27 @@ git-format-patch - Prepare patches for e-mail submission.
SYNOPSIS
--------
[verse]
-'git-format-patch' [-n | -k] [-o <dir> | --stdout] [-s] [-c] [--mbox]
+'git-format-patch' [-n | -k] [-o <dir> | --stdout] [-s] [-c]
[--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.
+<his> head, one file per patch formatted to resemble UNIX mailbox
+format, for e-mail submission or use with gitlink:git-am[1].
-When -o is specified, output files are created in that
-directory; otherwise in the current working directory.
+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 <dir>; otherwise
+they are created in the current working directory. This option
+is ignored if --stdout is specified.
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
-------
@@ -45,11 +44,6 @@ OPTIONS
Do not strip/add '[PATCH]' from the first line of the
commit log message.
--a|--author, -d|--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.
-
-s|--signoff::
Add `Signed-off-by:` line to the commit message, using
the committer identity of yourself.
@@ -61,12 +55,6 @@ OPTIONS
has a SP character immediately followed by a TAB
character.
--m|--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.
-
--stdout::
This flag generates the mbox formatted output to the
standard output, instead of saving them into a file per