git-format-patch(1) =================== NAME ---- git-format-patch - Prepare patches for e-mail submission. SYNOPSIS -------- 'git-format-patch' [-n][-o |--stdout][-k][--mbox][--diff-options] [] DESCRIPTION ----------- Prepare each commit with its patch since head forked from head, one file per patch, for e-mail submission. Each output file is numbered sequentially from 1, and uses the first line of the commit message (massaged for pathname safety) as the filename. When -o is specified, output files are created in that directory; otherwise in the current working directory. When -n is specified, instead of "[PATCH] Subject", the first line is formatted as "[PATCH N/M] Subject", unless you have only one patch. When --mbox is specified, the output is formatted to resemble UNIX mailbox format, and can be concatenated together for processing with applymbox. OPTIONS ------- -o :: Use to store the resulting files, instead of the current working directory. -n:: Name output in '[PATCH n/m]' format. -k:: Do not strip/add '[PATCH]' from the first line of the commit log message. --author, --date:: Output From: and Date: headers for commits made by yourself as well. Usually these are output only for commits made by people other than yourself. --mbox:: Format the output files for closer to mbox format by adding a phony Unix "From " line, so they can be concatenated together and fed to `git-applymbox`. Implies --author and --date. --stdout:: This flag generates the mbox formatted output to the standard output, instead of saving them into a file per patch and implies --mbox. Author ------ Written by Junio C Hamano Documentation -------------- Documentation by Junio C Hamano and the git-list . GIT --- Part of the gitlink:git[7] suite