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authorJunio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>2007-01-17 15:03:39 -0800
committerJunio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>2007-01-17 23:48:20 -0800
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git-format-patch: the default suffix is now .patch, not .txt
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>
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diff --git a/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt b/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt
index 811c6e2e77..e7703a5000 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt
@@ -81,9 +81,9 @@ OPTIONS
provide a new patch series.
--suffix=.<sfx>::
- Instead of using `.txt` as the suffix for generated
+ Instead of using `.patch` as the suffix for generated
filenames, use specifed suffix. A common alternative is
- `--suffix=.patch`.
+ `--suffix=.txt`.
+
Note that you would need to include the leading dot `.` if you
want a filename like `0001-description-of-my-change.patch`, and
@@ -93,15 +93,14 @@ not add any suffix.
CONFIGURATION
-------------
You can specify extra mail header lines to be added to each
-message in the repository configuration as follows:
+message in the repository configuration. Also you can specify
+the default suffix different from the built-in one:
+------------
[format]
headers = "Organization: git-foo\n"
-
-You can specify default suffix used:
-
-[format]
- suffix = .patch
+ suffix = .txt
+------------
EXAMPLES