From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.2 (2018-09-13) on dcvr.yhbt.net X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-ASN: AS31976 209.132.180.0/23 X-Spam-Status: No, score=-4.1 required=3.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_HI,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_NONE shortcircuit=no autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.2 Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by dcvr.yhbt.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 97C8E1F461 for ; Mon, 26 Aug 2019 15:20:25 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1730439AbfHZPUY (ORCPT ); Mon, 26 Aug 2019 11:20:24 -0400 Received: from pb-smtp21.pobox.com ([173.228.157.53]:65278 "EHLO pb-smtp21.pobox.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1727850AbfHZPUY (ORCPT ); Mon, 26 Aug 2019 11:20:24 -0400 Received: from pb-smtp21.pobox.com (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by pb-smtp21.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 302806C1D0; Mon, 26 Aug 2019 11:20:19 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from junio@pobox.com) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed; d=pobox.com; h=from:to:cc :subject:references:date:in-reply-to:message-id:mime-version :content-type; s=sasl; bh=qIrdNayDNUUTBU7pgGzJjLZkGW4=; b=AKnwU5 2IvaXtGoXNIlRyKbVaum+vJGp0oP+hHCoC/UoyyTsmQ2RyDyUlQ6Rqahd824iWNq d57R74Stua6MmrYg15GXEgIh1l/kyf99EGS7OYFzG57Nb0wDGRzvxJjNXj6lngUk HZ37Xrjakr0EcwuycTlSDCqGfFhSjVOdP+Lt4= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=pobox.com; h=from:to:cc :subject:references:date:in-reply-to:message-id:mime-version :content-type; q=dns; s=sasl; b=soE1R6nY5/fY1vE/kj0DyKS0C2Ly5fnc Q6UtMwArq5HnrzvCHVgFLK4JEpCu+XZGSI6tNZCVeXztR+1meuuW3G3w/9C8RLAs MPTbl94th0DVtNWI6j/pHMxc6ZXki5N8e8uNRRz7sZI/XQJommmNj+egQe++0EGq wMUctmPOYnM= Received: from pb-smtp21.sea.icgroup.com (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by pb-smtp21.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2790E6C1CF; Mon, 26 Aug 2019 11:20:19 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from junio@pobox.com) Received: from pobox.com (unknown [34.76.80.147]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pb-smtp21.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 4A6A96C1C6; Mon, 26 Aug 2019 11:20:16 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from junio@pobox.com) From: Junio C Hamano To: Denton Liu Cc: Git Mailing List , =?utf-8?B?w4Z2YXIgQXJuZmo=?= =?utf-8?B?w7Zyw7A=?= Bjarmason , Eric Sunshine , Johannes Sixt , Philip Oakley Subject: Re: [PATCH 12/13] Doc: add more detail for git-format-patch References: Date: Mon, 26 Aug 2019 08:20:13 -0700 In-Reply-To: (Denton Liu's message of "Sat, 24 Aug 2019 04:27:15 -0400") Message-ID: User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/26.2 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Pobox-Relay-ID: 01E5E16E-C815-11E9-A0EA-8D86F504CC47-77302942!pb-smtp21.pobox.com Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Denton Liu writes: > In git-format-patch.txt, we were missing some key user information. > First of all, document the special value of `--base=auto`. > > Next, while we're at it, surround option arguments with <>. I'd suggest squashing this in to complete the above. cf. cf. --- Documentation/git-format-patch.txt | 12 ++++++------ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt b/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt index 95bc4d53ca..0ac56f4b70 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt @@ -17,9 +17,9 @@ SYNOPSIS [--signature-file=] [-n | --numbered | -N | --no-numbered] [--start-number ] [--numbered-files] - [--in-reply-to=] [--suffix=.] + [--in-reply-to=] [--suffix=.] [--ignore-if-in-upstream] - [--rfc] [--subject-prefix=] + [--rfc] [--subject-prefix=] [(--reroll-count|-v) ] [--to=] [--cc=] [--[no-]cover-letter] [--quiet] @@ -159,9 +159,9 @@ Beware that the default for 'git send-email' is to thread emails itself. If you want `git format-patch` to take care of threading, you will want to ensure that threading is disabled for `git send-email`. ---in-reply-to=:: +--in-reply-to=:: Make the first mail (or all the mails with `--no-thread`) appear as a - reply to the given Message-Id, which avoids breaking threads to + reply to the given , which avoids breaking threads to provide a new patch series. --ignore-if-in-upstream:: @@ -171,9 +171,9 @@ will want to ensure that threading is disabled for `git send-email`. patches being generated, and any patch that matches is ignored. ---subject-prefix=:: +--subject-prefix=:: Instead of the standard '[PATCH]' prefix in the subject - line, instead use '[]'. This + line, instead use '[]'. This allows for useful naming of a patch series, and can be combined with the `--numbered` option. -- 2.23.0-266-g1e4abb0e04