From: Matt McCutchen <matt@mattmccutchen.net>
To: gitster@pobox.com, git@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] git format-patch documentation: clarify what --cover-letter does
Date: Thu, 14 Aug 2008 13:37:41 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1218735461.2498.37.camel@mattlaptop2.local> (raw)
Signed-off-by: Matt McCutchen <matt@mattmccutchen.net>
---
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 010d9e4..2f1deec 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt
@@ -147,9 +147,9 @@ include::diff-options.txt[]
to any configured headers, and may be used multiple times.
--cover-letter::
- Generate a cover letter template. You still have to fill in
- a description, but the shortlog and the diffstat will be
- generated for you.
+ In addition to the patches, generate a "cover letter" file
+ containing the shortlog and the overall diffstat. You still have
+ to fill in a description.
--suffix=.<sfx>::
Instead of using `.patch` as the suffix for generated
--
1.6.0.rc3.8.g24bd
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