From: Firmin Martin <firminmartin24@gmail.com>
To: Firmin Martin <firminmartin24@gmail.com>, git@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>, Jeff King <peff@peff.net>,
Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmail.com>,
Erik Faye-Lund <kusmabite@gmail.com>,
Denton Liu <liu.denton@gmail.com>
Subject: [PATCH v1 7/8] doc/format-patch: describe --confirm-overwrite
Date: Thu, 6 May 2021 18:51:01 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20210506165102.123739-8-firminmartin24@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20210506165102.123739-1-firminmartin24@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Firmin Martin <firminmartin24@gmail.com>
---
Documentation/git-format-patch.txt | 20 ++++++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 20 insertions(+)
diff --git a/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt b/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt
index 911da181a1..49f08b5e51 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ SYNOPSIS
[--in-reply-to=<message id>] [--suffix=.<sfx>]
[--ignore-if-in-upstream]
[--cover-from-description=<mode>]
+ [--confirm-overwrite=<when>]
[--rfc] [--subject-prefix=<subject prefix>]
[(--reroll-count|-v) <n>]
[--to=<email>] [--cc=<email>]
@@ -195,6 +196,7 @@ will want to ensure that threading is disabled for `git send-email`.
--cover-from-description=<mode>::
Controls which parts of the cover letter will be automatically
populated using the branch's description.
+
+
If `<mode>` is `message` or `default`, the cover letter subject will be
populated with placeholder text. The body of the cover letter will be
@@ -212,6 +214,23 @@ is greater than 100 bytes, then the mode will be `message`, otherwise
If `<mode>` is `none`, both the cover letter subject and body will be
populated with placeholder text.
+`--confirm-overwrite`=<when>::
+ Specifies when Git must ask the user to confirm whether existing
+ patches or cover letter of the same name should be overwritten.
+ <when> possible values are:
++
+--
+always;;
+never;;
+ Always/never prompt for confirmation whenever patches or a cover letter
+ are subject to be overwritten.
+cover;;
+ Ask confirmation whenever a cover letter is subject to be overwritten.
+--
++
+Defaults to the value of the `format.confirmOverwrite` variable, or
+"cover" if unconfigured.
+
--subject-prefix=<subject prefix>::
Instead of the standard '[PATCH]' prefix in the subject
line, instead use '[<subject prefix>]'. This
@@ -409,6 +428,7 @@ with configuration variables.
outputDirectory = <directory>
coverLetter = auto
coverFromDescription = auto
+ confirmOverwrite = onlyCover
------------
--
2.31.1.449.g4a44fa8106
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2021-05-06 16:52 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 34+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-05-06 16:50 [PATCH v1 0/8] format-patch: introduce --confirm-overwrite Firmin Martin
2021-05-06 16:50 ` [PATCH v1 1/8] compat/terminal: let prompt accept input from pipe Firmin Martin
2021-05-06 23:37 ` Junio C Hamano
2021-05-07 4:54 ` Jeff King
2021-05-07 5:25 ` Junio C Hamano
2021-05-10 4:18 ` Firmin Martin
2021-05-10 21:32 ` Jeff King
2021-05-11 3:38 ` Junio C Hamano
2021-05-11 6:10 ` Jeff King
2021-05-11 6:17 ` Junio C Hamano
2021-05-11 6:37 ` Jeff King
2021-05-06 16:50 ` [PATCH v1 2/8] format-patch: confirmation whenever patches exist Firmin Martin
2021-05-06 23:48 ` Junio C Hamano
2021-05-10 3:30 ` Firmin Martin
2021-05-10 7:32 ` Junio C Hamano
2021-05-11 3:17 ` Firmin Martin
2021-05-06 16:50 ` [PATCH v1 3/8] format-patch: add config option confirmOverwrite Firmin Martin
2021-05-06 16:50 ` [PATCH v1 4/8] format-patch: add the option --confirm-overwrite Firmin Martin
2021-05-06 16:50 ` [PATCH v1 5/8] t4014: test patches overwrite confirmation Firmin Martin
2021-05-06 16:51 ` [PATCH v1 6/8] t4014: fix tests overwriting cover letter in silent Firmin Martin
2021-05-06 16:51 ` Firmin Martin [this message]
2021-05-07 3:32 ` [PATCH v1 7/8] doc/format-patch: describe --confirm-overwrite Bagas Sanjaya
2021-05-10 4:22 ` Firmin Martin
2021-05-06 16:51 ` [PATCH v1 8/8] config/format: describe format.confirmOverwrite Firmin Martin
2021-05-06 22:33 ` [PATCH v1 0/8] format-patch: introduce --confirm-overwrite Junio C Hamano
2021-05-11 0:18 ` Firmin Martin
2021-05-07 1:46 ` Felipe Contreras
2021-05-07 8:55 ` Denton Liu
2021-05-11 1:09 ` Firmin Martin
2021-05-11 5:12 ` Felipe Contreras
2021-05-11 5:03 ` Felipe Contreras
2021-05-07 14:02 ` Sergey Organov
2021-05-11 0:46 ` Firmin Martin
2021-05-10 12:02 ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
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