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-rw-r--r--builtin-log.c5
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/builtin-log.c b/builtin-log.c
index 130b53a19..9d1ceae44 100644
--- a/builtin-log.c
+++ b/builtin-log.c
@@ -270,8 +270,6 @@ int cmd_format_patch(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
rev.extra_headers = extra_headers;
- output_directory = prefix;
-
/*
* Parse the arguments before setup_revisions(), or something
* like "git fmt-patch -o a123 HEAD^.." may fail; a123 is
@@ -350,6 +348,9 @@ int cmd_format_patch(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
if (!rev.diffopt.output_format)
rev.diffopt.output_format = DIFF_FORMAT_DIFFSTAT | DIFF_FORMAT_PATCH;
+ if (!output_directory)
+ output_directory = prefix;
+
if (output_directory) {
if (use_stdout)
die("standard output, or directory, which one?");