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* Sync with maintJunio C Hamano2009-03-21
|\ | | | | | | Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
| * format-patch: --numbered-files and --stdout aren't mutually exclusiveStephen Boyd2009-03-21
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | For example: git format-patch --numbered-files --stdout --attach HEAD~~ will create two messages with files 1 and 2 attached respectively. Without --attach/--inline but with --stdout, --numbered-files option can be simply ignored, because we are not creating any file ourselves. Signed-off-by: Stephen Boyd <bebarino@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
* | Merge branch 'tr/format-patch-thread'Junio C Hamano2009-03-11
|\ \ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | * tr/format-patch-thread: format-patch: support deep threading format-patch: thread as reply to cover letter even with in-reply-to format-patch: track several references format-patch: threading test reactivation Conflicts: builtin-log.c
| * | format-patch: support deep threadingThomas Rast2009-02-21
| |/ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | For deep threading mode, i.e., the mode that gives a thread structured like + [PATCH 0/n] Cover letter `-+ [PATCH 1/n] First patch `-+ [PATCH 2/n] Second patch `-+ ... we currently have to use 'git send-email --thread' (the default). On the other hand, format-patch also has a --thread option which gives shallow mode, i.e., + [PATCH 0/n] Cover letter |-+ [PATCH 1/n] First patch |-+ [PATCH 2/n] Second patch ... To reduce the confusion resulting from having two indentically named features in different tools giving different results, let format-patch take an optional argument '--thread=deep' that gives the same output as 'send-mail --thread'. With no argument, or 'shallow', behave as before. Also add a configuration variable format.thread with the same semantics. Signed-off-by: Thomas Rast <trast@student.ethz.ch> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
* | Enable setting attach as the default in .gitconfig for git-format-patch.Jeremy White2009-02-12
|/ | | | | Signed-off-by: Jeremy White <jwhite@codeweavers.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
* Merge branch 'maint'Junio C Hamano2008-11-04
|\ | | | | | | | | * maint: format-patch documentation: mention the special case of showing a single commit
| * format-patch documentation: mention the special case of showing a single commitJunio C Hamano2008-11-02
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Even long timers seem to have missed that "format-patch -1 $commit" is a much simpler and more obvious way to say "format-patch $commit^..$commit" from the current documentation (and an example "format-patch -3 $commit" to get three patches). Add an explicit instruction in a much earlier part of the documentation to make it easier to find. Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
* | format-patch: autonumber by defaultBrian Gernhardt2008-10-18
|/ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | format-patch is most commonly used for multiple patches at once when sending a patchset, in which case we want to number the patches; on the other hand, single patches are not usually expected to be numbered. In other words, the typical behavior expected from format-patch is the one obtained by enabling autonumber, so we set it to be the default. Users that want to disable numbering for a particular patchset can do so with the existing -N command-line switch. Users that want to change the default behavior can use the format.numbering config key. Signed-off-by: Brian Gernhardt <benji@silverinsanity.com> Test-updates-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net> Signed-off-by: Shawn O. Pearce <spearce@spearce.org> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
* git format-patch documentation: clarify what --cover-letter doesMatt McCutchen2008-08-14
| | | | | Signed-off-by: Matt McCutchen <matt@mattmccutchen.net> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
* Update my e-mail addressJunio C Hamano2008-07-21
| | | | | | The old cox.net address is still getting mails from gitters. Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
* manpages: italicize git command names (which were in teletype font)Jonathan Nieder2008-07-05
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | The names of git commands are not meant to be entered at the commandline; they are just names. So we render them in italics, as is usual for command names in manpages. Using doit () { perl -e 'for (<>) { s/\`(git-[^\`.]*)\`/'\''\1'\''/g; print }' } for i in git*.txt config.txt diff*.txt blame*.txt fetch*.txt i18n.txt \ merge*.txt pretty*.txt pull*.txt rev*.txt urls*.txt do doit <"$i" >"$i+" && mv "$i+" "$i" done git diff . Signed-off-by: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@uchicago.edu> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
* Documentation: more "git-" versus "git " changesJonathan Nieder2008-07-05
| | | | | | | | | | | | | With git-commands moving out of $(bindir), it is useful to make a clearer distinction between the git subcommand 'git-whatever' and the command you type, `git whatever <options>`. So we use a dash after "git" when referring to the former and not the latter. I already sent a patch doing this same thing, but I missed some spots. Signed-off-by: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@uchicago.edu> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
* manpages: fix bogus whitespaceJonathan Nieder2008-07-05
| | | | | | | It's distracting. Signed-off-by: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@uchicago.edu> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
* git-format-patch(1): fix stray \ in outputJonathan Nieder2008-07-05
| | | | | | | | | | | | | In listing blocks (set off by rows of dashes), the usual formatting characters of asciidoc are instead rendered verbatim. When the escaped double-hyphen of olden days is moved into such a block along with other formatting improvements, it becomes backslash-dash-dash. So we remove the backslash. Signed-off-by: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@uchicago.edu> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
* Documentation formatting and cleanupJonathan Nieder2008-07-01
| | | | | | | | | | | | Following what appears to be the predominant style, format names of commands and commandlines both as `teletype text`. While we're at it, add articles ("a" and "the") in some places, italicize the name of the command in the manual page synopsis line, and add a comma or two where it seems appropriate. Signed-off-by: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@uchicago.edu> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
* Documentation: be consistent about "git-" versus "git "Jonathan Nieder2008-07-01
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Since the git-* commands are not installed in $(bindir), using "git-command <parameters>" in examples in the documentation is not a good idea. On the other hand, it is nice to be able to refer to each command using one hyphenated word. (There is no escaping it, anyway: man page names cannot have spaces in them.) This patch retains the dash in naming an operation, command, program, process, or action. Complete command lines that can be entered at a shell (i.e., without options omitted) are made to use the dashless form. The changes consist only of replacing some spaces with hyphens and vice versa. After a "s/ /-/g", the unpatched and patched versions are identical. Signed-off-by: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@uchicago.edu> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
* Docs: Use "-l::\n--long\n" format in OPTIONS sectionsStephan Beyer2008-06-08
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | The OPTIONS section of a documentation file contains a list of the options a git command accepts. Currently there are several variants to describe the case that different options (almost) do the same in the OPTIONS section. Some are: -f, --foo:: -f|--foo:: -f | --foo:: But AsciiDoc has the special form: -f:: --foo:: This patch applies this form to the documentation of the whole git suite, and removes useless em-dash prevention, so \--foo becomes --foo. Signed-off-by: Stephan Beyer <s-beyer@gmx.net> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
* documentation: move git(7) to git(1)Christian Couder2008-06-06
| | | | | | | | As the "git" man page describes the "git" command at the end-user level, it seems better to move it to man section 1. Signed-off-by: Christian Couder <chriscool@tuxfamily.org> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
* Manual subsection to refer to other pages is SEE ALSOJunio C Hamano2008-05-28
| | | | | | Consistently say so in all caps as it is customary to do so. Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
* Merge branch 'mv/format-cc'Junio C Hamano2008-05-14
|\ | | | | | | | | | | | | * mv/format-cc: Add tests for sendemail.cc configuration variable git-send-email: add a new sendemail.cc configuration variable git-format-patch: add a new format.cc configuration variable
| * git-format-patch: add a new format.cc configuration variableMiklos Vajna2008-04-29
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Some projects prefer to always CC patches to a given mailing list. In these cases, it's handy to configure that address once. Signed-off-by: Miklos Vajna <vmiklos@frugalware.org> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
* | git-format-patch: add --no-binary to omit binary changes in the patch.Caio Marcelo de Oliveira Filho2008-05-11
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Add a new option --no-binary to git-format-patch so that no binary changes are included in the generated patches, only notices that those files changed. This generate patches that cannot be applied, but still is useful for generating mails for code review purposes. See also: commit e47f306d4bf964def1a0b29e8f7cea419471dffd, where --binary option was turned on by default. Signed-off-by: Caio Marcelo de Oliveira Filho <cmarcelo@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
* | Documentation: improve "add", "pull" and "format-patch" examplesChristian Couder2008-05-06
|/ | | | | | | | | | | | | | Before this patch in "git-add.txt" and "git-format-patch.txt", the commands used in the examples were "git-CMD" instead of "git CMD". This patch fixes that. In "git-pull.txt" only the last example had the code sample in an asciidoc "Listing Block", and in the other two files, none. This patch fixes that by putting all code samples in listing blocks. Signed-off-by: Christian Couder <chriscool@tuxfamily.org> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
* Support a --cc=<email> option in format-patchDaniel Barkalow2008-02-19
| | | | | | | | | | When you have particular reviewers you want to sent particular series to, it's nice to be able to generate the whole series with them as additional recipients, without configuring them into your general headers or adding them by hand afterwards. Signed-off-by: Daniel Barkalow <barkalow@iabervon.org> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
* Add a --cover-letter option to format-patchDaniel Barkalow2008-02-19
| | | | | | | | | | If --cover-letter is provided, generate a cover letter message before the patches, numbered 0. Original patch thanks to Johannes Schindelin Signed-off-by: Daniel Barkalow <barkalow@iabervon.org> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
* Documentation: rename gitlink macro to linkgitDan McGee2008-01-06
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Between AsciiDoc 8.2.2 and 8.2.3, the following change was made to the stock Asciidoc configuration: @@ -149,7 +153,10 @@ # Inline macros. # Backslash prefix required for escape processing. # (?s) re flag for line spanning. -(?su)[\\]?(?P<name>\w(\w|-)*?):(?P<target>\S*?)(\[(?P<attrlist>.*?)\])= + +# Explicit so they can be nested. +(?su)[\\]?(?P<name>(http|https|ftp|file|mailto|callto|image|link)):(?P<target>\S*?)(\[(?P<attrlist>.*?)\])= + # Anchor: [[[id]]]. Bibliographic anchor. (?su)[\\]?\[\[\[(?P<attrlist>[\w][\w-]*?)\]\]\]=anchor3 # Anchor: [[id,xreflabel]] This default regex now matches explicit values, and unfortunately in this case gitlink was being matched by just 'link', causing the wrong inline macro template to be applied. By renaming the macro, we can avoid being matched by the wrong regex. Signed-off-by: Dan McGee <dpmcgee@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
* Documentation: customize diff-options depending on particular commandSergei Organov2007-11-15
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Customize diff-options depending on particular command as follows, mostly to make git-diff and git-format-patch manuals less confusing: * git-format-patch: - Mark --patch-with-stat as being the default. - Change -p description so that it matches what it actually does and so that it doesn't refer to absent "section on generating patches". * git-diff: mark -p as being the default. * git-diff-index/git-diff-files/git-diff-tree: mark --raw as being the default. Signed-off-by: Sergei Organov <osv@javad.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
* Rearrange git-format-patch synopsis to improve clarity.David Symonds2007-11-05
| | | | | Signed-off-by: David Symonds <dsymonds@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
* format-patch: Add configuration and off switch for --numberedBrian Gernhardt2007-11-04
| | | | | | | | | | | format.numbered is a tri-state variable. Boolean values enable or disable numbering by default and "auto" enables number when outputting more than one patch. --no-numbered (short: -N) will disable numbering. Signed-off-by: Brian Gernhardt <benji@silverinsanity.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
* git-format-patch.txt: fix explanation of an example.Sergei Organov2007-11-01
| | | | | Signed-off-by: Sergei Organov <osv@javad.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
* format-patch documentation: reword to hint "--root <one-commit>" more clearlyJunio C Hamano2007-08-28
| | | | Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
* "format-patch --root rev" is the way to show everything.Junio C Hamano2007-08-28
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | We used to trigger the special case "things not in origin" semantics only when one and only one positive ref is given, and no number (e.g. "git format-patch -4 origin") was specified, and used the general revision range semantics for everything else. This narrows the special case a bit more, by making: git format-patch --root this_version to show everything that leads to the named commit. More importantly, document the two different semantics better. The generic revision range semantics came later and bolted on without being clearly documented. Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
* Documentation: Correct various misspellings and typos.Brian Hetro2007-08-24
| | | | | | | Fix minor typos throughout the documentation. Signed-off-by: Brian Hetro <whee@smaertness.net> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
* Merge branch 'maint'Junio C Hamano2007-07-03
|\ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | * maint: Document -<n> for git-format-patch glossary: add 'reflog' diff --no-index: fix --name-status with added files Don't smash stack when $GIT_ALTERNATE_OBJECT_DIRECTORIES is too long
| * Document -<n> for git-format-patchMiklos Vajna2007-07-03
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | The -<n> option was not mentioned in git-format-patch's manpage till now. Fix this. Signed-off-by: Miklos Vajna <vmiklos@frugalware.org> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
* | format-patch: Add format.subjectprefix config optionAdam Roben2007-07-02
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | This change lets you use the format.subjectprefix config option to override the default subject prefix. Signed-off-by: Adam Roben <aroben@apple.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
* | War on whitespaceJunio C Hamano2007-06-07
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | This uses "git-apply --whitespace=strip" to fix whitespace errors that have crept in to our source files over time. There are a few files that need to have trailing whitespaces (most notably, test vectors). The results still passes the test, and build result in Documentation/ area is unchanged. Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
* | Add the --numbered-files option to git-format-patch.Jon Loeliger2007-06-06
|/ | | | | | | | | | | | With this option, git-format-patch will generate simple numbered files as output instead of the default using with the first commit line appended. This simplifies the ability to generate an MH-style drafts folder with each message to be sent. Signed-off-by: Jon Loeliger <jdl@freescale.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
* Add custom subject prefix support to format-patch (take 3)Robin H. Johnson2007-04-11
| | | | | | | | | | | Add a new option to git-format-patch, entitled --subject-prefix that allows control of the subject prefix '[PATCH]'. Using this option, the text 'PATCH' is replaced with whatever input is provided to the option. This allows easily generating patches like '[PATCH 2.6.21-rc3]' or properly numbered series like '[-mm3 PATCH N/M]'. This patch provides the implementation and documentation. Signed-off-by: Robin H. Johnson <robbat2@gentoo.org> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
* Merge branch 'js/attach'Junio C Hamano2007-03-10
|\ | | | | | | | | | | * js/attach: format-patch --attach: not folding some long headers. format-patch: add --inline option and make --attach a true attachment
| * format-patch: add --inline option and make --attach a true attachmentJohannes Schindelin2007-03-04
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | The existing --attach option did not create a true "attachment" but multipart/mixed with Content-Disposition: inline. It should have been with Content-Disposition: attachment. Introduce --inline to add multipart/mixed that is inlined, and make --attach to create an attachement. Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
* | Fix diff-options references in git-diff and git-format-patchBrian Gernhardt2007-03-05
|/ | | | | | | | | | | | Most of the git-diff-* documentation used [<common diff options>] instead of [--diff-options], so make that change in git-diff and git-format-patch. In addition, git-format-patch didn't include the meanings of the diff options. Signed-off-by: Brian Gernhardt <benji@silverinsanity.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
* Document --ignore-if-in-upstream in git-format-patchDavid Kågedal2007-01-18
| | | | Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
* git-format-patch: the default suffix is now .patch, not .txtJunio C Hamano2007-01-17
| | | | | | | Editors often give easier handling of patch files if the filename ends with .patch, so use it instead of .txt. Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
* git-format-patch -3Junio C Hamano2007-01-17
| | | | | | | | | | This teaches "git-format-patch" to honor the --max-count parameter revision traversal machinery takes, so that you can say "git-format-patch -3" to process the three topmost commits from the current HEAD (or "git-format-patch -2 topic" to name a specific branch). Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
* Refer users to git-rev-parse for revision specification syntax.Shawn O. Pearce2007-01-17
| | | | | | | | | | The revision specification syntax (sometimes referred to as SHA1-expressions) is accepted almost everywhere in Git by almost every tool. Unfortunately it is only documented in git-rev-parse.txt, and most users don't know to look there. Signed-off-by: Shawn O. Pearce <spearce@spearce.org> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
* Introduce 'git-format-patch --suffix=.patch'Junio C Hamano2007-01-17
| | | | | | | The default can also be changed with "format.suffix" configuration. Leaving it empty would not add any suffix. Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
* Add option to set initial In-Reply-To/ReferencesJosh Triplett2006-07-14
| | | | | | | | | Add the --in-reply-to option to provide a Message-Id for an initial In-Reply-To/References header, useful for including a new patch series as part of an existing thread. Signed-off-by: Josh Triplett <josh@freedesktop.org> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
* Add option to enable threading headersJosh Triplett2006-07-14
| | | | | | | | | Add a --thread option to enable generation of In-Reply-To and References headers, used to make the second and subsequent mails appear as replies to the first. Signed-off-by: Josh Triplett <josh@freedesktop.org> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
* git-format-patch: add --output-directory long option againJunio C Hamano2006-06-06
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | Additionally notices and complains to an -o option without directory or a duplicated -o option, -o and --stdout given together. Also delays the creation of directory until all arguments are parsed, so that the command does not leave an empty directory behind when it exits after seeing an unrelated invalid option. [jc: originally from Dennis Stosberg but with minor fixes, and documentation updates from Dennis.] Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
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