Merge branch 'maint'

diff --git a/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt b/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt
index 6d43f56279fe7a0d42510035e33424df0bc584f1..259dce49945089de03ad2c0ac8ae8e56cfdc04e0 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ SYNOPSIS
                   [--ignore-if-in-upstream]
                   [--subject-prefix=Subject-Prefix]
                   [--to=<email>] [--cc=<email>]
-                  [--cover-letter] [--quiet]
+                  [--cover-letter] [--quiet] [--notes[=<ref>]]
                   [<common diff options>]
                   [ <since> | <revision range> ]
 
@@ -191,6 +191,18 @@ will want to ensure that threading is disabled for `git send-email`.
        containing the shortlog and the overall diffstat.  You can
        fill in a description in the file before sending it out.
 
+--notes[=<ref>]::
+       Append the notes (see linkgit:git-notes[1]) for the commit
+       after the three-dash line.
++
+The expected use case of this is to write supporting explanation for
+the commit that does not belong to the commit log message proper,
+and include it with the patch submission. While one can simply write
+these explanations after `format-patch` has run but before sending,
+keeping them as git notes allows them to be maintained between versions
+of the patch series (but see the discussion of the `notes.rewrite`
+configuration options in linkgit:git-notes[1] to use this workflow).
+
 --[no]-signature=<signature>::
        Add a signature to each message produced. Per RFC 3676 the signature
        is separated from the body by a line with '-- ' on it. If the