Prevent "git-commit -a path1 path2..."

diff --git a/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt b/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt
index b314c3a0f287084786c70bfaeee18027a8789f8e..7a3abec02e5b07533d11322b2ab9a3a89d2bd0d6 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ git-format-patch - Prepare patches for e-mail submission.
 
 SYNOPSIS
 --------
-'git-format-patch' [-n][-o <dir>][-k][--mbox][--diff-options] <his> [<mine>]
+'git-format-patch' [-n][-o <dir>|--stdout][-k][--mbox][--diff-options] <his> [<mine>]
 
 DESCRIPTION
 -----------
@@ -54,6 +54,30 @@ OPTIONS
        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.
+
+
+EXAMPLES
+--------
+
+git-format-patch -k --stdout R1..R2 | git-am -3 -k::
+       Extract commits between revisions R1 and R2, and apply
+       them on top of the current branch using `git-am` to
+       cherry-pick them.
+
+git-format-patch origin::
+       Extract commits the current branch accumulated since it
+       pulled from origin the last time in a patch form for
+       e-mail submission.
+
+
+See Also
+--------
+gitlink:git-am[1], gitlink:git-send-email
+
 
 Author
 ------
@@ -65,5 +89,5 @@ Documentation by Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>.
 
 GIT
 ---
-Part of the link:git.html[git] suite
+Part of the gitlink:git[7] suite