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diff --git a/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt b/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt index 9dcafc6d4..eebfa5c64 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt @@ -229,6 +229,64 @@ attachments, and sign off patches with configuration variables. ------------ +DISCUSSION +---------- + +The patch produced by 'git format-patch' is in UNIX mailbox format, +with a fixed "magic" time stamp to indicate that the file is output +from format-patch rather than a real mailbox, like so: + +------------ +From 8f72bad1baf19a53459661343e21d6491c3908d3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 +From: Tony Luck <tony.luck@intel.com> +Date: Tue, 13 Jul 2010 11:42:54 -0700 +Subject: [PATCH] =?UTF-8?q?[IA64]=20Put=20ia64=20config=20files=20on=20the=20?= + =?UTF-8?q?Uwe=20Kleine-K=C3=B6nig=20diet?= +MIME-Version: 1.0 +Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 +Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit + +arch/arm config files were slimmed down using a python script +(See commit c2330e286f68f1c408b4aa6515ba49d57f05beae comment) + +Do the same for ia64 so we can have sleek & trim looking +... +------------ + +Typically it will be placed in a MUA's drafts folder, edited to add +timely commentary that should not go in the changelog after the three +dashes, and then sent as a message whose body, in our example, starts +with "arch/arm config files were...". On the receiving end, readers +can save interesting patches in a UNIX mailbox and apply them with +linkgit:git-am[1]. + +When a patch is part of an ongoing discussion, the patch generated by +'git format-patch' can be tweaked to take advantage of the 'git am +--scissors' feature. After your response to the discussion comes a +line that consists solely of "`-- >8 --`" (scissors and perforation), +followed by the patch with unnecessary header fields removed: + +------------ +... +> So we should do such-and-such. + +Makes sense to me. How about this patch? + +-- >8 -- +Subject: [IA64] Put ia64 config files on the Uwe Kleine-König diet + +arch/arm config files were slimmed down using a python script +... +------------ + +When sending a patch this way, most often you are sending your own +patch, so in addition to the "`From $SHA1 $magic_timestamp`" marker you +should omit `From:` and `Date:` lines from the patch file. The patch +title is likely to be different from the subject of the discussion the +patch is in response to, so it is likely that you would want to keep +the Subject: line, like the example above. + + EXAMPLES -------- |