From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Matt McCutchen Subject: [PATCH] git format-patch documentation: clarify what --cover-letter does Date: Thu, 14 Aug 2008 13:37:41 -0400 Message-ID: <1218735461.2498.37.camel@mattlaptop2.local> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: gitster@pobox.com, git@vger.kernel.org X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Thu Aug 14 19:40:38 2008 Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git-2@gmane.org Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.176.167]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1KTgoC-0003nu-4m for gcvg-git-2@gmane.org; Thu, 14 Aug 2008 19:40:24 +0200 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753353AbYHNRjS (ORCPT ); Thu, 14 Aug 2008 13:39:18 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1752638AbYHNRjS (ORCPT ); Thu, 14 Aug 2008 13:39:18 -0400 Received: from hapkido.dreamhost.com ([66.33.216.122]:55336 "EHLO hapkido.dreamhost.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1759219AbYHNRjQ (ORCPT ); Thu, 14 Aug 2008 13:39:16 -0400 Received: from jankymail-a3.g.dreamhost.com (sd-green-bigip-177.dreamhost.com [208.97.132.177]) by hapkido.dreamhost.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id DB19D17D186 for ; Thu, 14 Aug 2008 10:39:19 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [192.168.1.47] (pool-71-163-217-160.washdc.east.verizon.net [71.163.217.160]) by jankymail-a3.g.dreamhost.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 99DBD65793; Thu, 14 Aug 2008 10:37:48 -0700 (PDT) X-Mailer: Evolution 2.22.3.1 (2.22.3.1-1.fc9) Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: Signed-off-by: Matt McCutchen --- 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=.:: Instead of using `.patch` as the suffix for generated -- 1.6.0.rc3.8.g24bd