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diff --git a/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt b/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt index c514fdd93..5e6d5373a 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt @@ -16,21 +16,32 @@ SYNOPSIS [--in-reply-to=Message-Id] [--suffix=.<sfx>] [--ignore-if-in-upstream] [--subject-prefix=Subject-Prefix] - <since>[..<until>] + [ <since> | <revision range> ] DESCRIPTION ----------- -Prepare each commit between <since> and <until> with its patch in +Prepare each commit with its patch in one file per commit, formatted to resemble UNIX mailbox format. -If ..<until> is not specified, the head of the current working -tree is implied. For a more complete list of ways to spell -<since> and <until>, see "SPECIFYING REVISIONS" section in -gitlink:git-rev-parse[1]. - The output of this command is convenient for e-mail submission or for use with gitlink:git-am[1]. +There are two ways to specify which commits to operate on. + +1. A single commit, <since>, specifies that the commits leading + to the tip of the current branch that are not in the history + that leads to the <since> to be output. + +2. Generic <revision range> expression (see "SPECIFYING + REVISIONS" section in gitlink:git-rev-parse[1]) means the + commits in the specified range. A single commit, when + interpreted as a <revision range> expression, means + "everything that leads to that commit", but that is taken as + the special case above. If you want to format everything + since project inception to one commit, say "git format-patch + \--root <that-commit>", as showing the root commit as patch + requires \--root option anyway. + By default, each output file is numbered sequentially from 1, and uses the first line of the commit message (massaged for pathname safety) as the filename. With the --numbered-files option, the output file names @@ -153,6 +164,10 @@ git-format-patch origin:: not in the origin branch. For each commit a separate file is created in the current directory. +git-format-patch \--root origin:: + Extract all commits which that leads to 'origin' since the + inception of the project. + git-format-patch -M -B origin:: The same as the previous one. Additionally, it detects and handles renames and complete rewrites intelligently to |