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| author | Eric Sunshine <sunshine@sunshineco.com> | 2018-07-22 05:57:14 -0400 |
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| committer | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2018-08-14 14:27:04 -0700 |
| commit | 2e6fd71a52f5bde1c4036b8b0c586ae446f620f8 (patch) | |
| tree | f841048d434b7cbfa3fbe4e64d3c779bd27e8015 /Documentation/git-format-patch.txt | |
| parent | 31e2617a5f8fe1c114e72f058d1c035bbf77cffe (diff) | |
| download | git-2e6fd71a52f5bde1c4036b8b0c586ae446f620f8.tar.gz | |
format-patch: extend --range-diff to accept revision range
When submitting a revised a patch series, the --range-diff option embeds
a range-diff in the cover letter showing changes since the previous
version of the patch series. The argument to --range-diff is a simple
revision naming the tip of the previous series, which works fine if the
previous and current versions of the patch series share a common base.
However, it fails if the revision ranges of the old and new versions of
the series are disjoint. To address this shortcoming, extend
--range-diff to also accept an explicit revision range for the previous
series. For example:
git format-patch --cover-letter --range-diff=v1~3..v1 -3 v2
Signed-off-by: Eric Sunshine <sunshine@sunshineco.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/git-format-patch.txt')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-format-patch.txt | 8 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt b/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt index e7f404be3d..425145f536 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt @@ -243,10 +243,12 @@ feeding the result to `git send-email`. As a reviewer aid, insert a range-diff (see linkgit:git-range-diff[1]) into the cover letter showing the differences between the previous version of the patch series and the series currently being formatted. - `previous` is a single revision naming the tip of the previous - series which shares a common base with the series being formatted (for + `previous` can be a single revision naming the tip of the previous + series if it shares a common base with the series being formatted (for example `git format-patch --cover-letter --range-diff=feature/v1 -3 - feature/v2`). + feature/v2`), or a revision range if the two versions of the series are + disjoint (for example `git format-patch --cover-letter + --range-diff=feature/v1~3..feature/v1 -3 feature/v2`). --notes[=<ref>]:: Append the notes (see linkgit:git-notes[1]) for the commit |