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| author | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2016-06-27 09:56:42 -0700 |
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| committer | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2016-06-27 09:56:42 -0700 |
| commit | 94c61d25dabd35b18dc64781084a5d14da7be016 (patch) | |
| tree | b43d8c6d675d5d55668f5574718014ef0c749fb3 /Documentation/git-format-patch.txt | |
| parent | af325b0f9abacda405e19947a929ad5a3a14cb90 (diff) | |
| parent | ae9f6311e9c15d7968c2d03eab6e929e9c9d5f42 (diff) | |
| download | git-94c61d25dabd35b18dc64781084a5d14da7be016.tar.gz | |
Merge branch 'tr/doc-tt'
The documentation set has been updated so that literal commands,
configuration variables and environment variables are consistently
typeset in fixed-width font and bold in manpages.
* tr/doc-tt:
doc: change configuration variables format
doc: more consistency in environment variables format
doc: change environment variables format
doc: clearer rule about formatting literals
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/git-format-patch.txt')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-format-patch.txt | 6 |
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt b/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt index bdeecd59e0..9624c84a65 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt @@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ output, unless the `--stdout` option is specified. If `-o` is specified, output files are created in <dir>. Otherwise they are created in the current working directory. The default path -can be set with the 'format.outputDirectory' configuration option. +can be set with the `format.outputDirectory` configuration option. The `-o` option takes precedence over `format.outputDirectory`. To store patches in the current working directory even when `format.outputDirectory` points elsewhere, use `-o .`. @@ -146,9 +146,9 @@ series, where the head is chosen from the cover letter, the `--in-reply-to`, and the first patch mail, in this order. 'deep' threading makes every mail a reply to the previous one. + -The default is `--no-thread`, unless the 'format.thread' configuration +The default is `--no-thread`, unless the `format.thread` configuration is set. If `--thread` is specified without a style, it defaults to the -style specified by 'format.thread' if any, or else `shallow`. +style specified by `format.thread` if any, or else `shallow`. + 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 |