Merge branch 'tv/rebase-stat'

diff --git a/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt b/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt
index ac36ce8717c7519f86907d2dc0165651bab1da3b..c14e3ee395f465c761bcdcd71e49807286f08742 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt
@@ -10,7 +10,8 @@ SYNOPSIS
 --------
 [verse]
 'git format-patch' [-k] [-o <dir> | --stdout] [--thread]
-                  [--attach[=<boundary>] | --inline[=<boundary>]]
+                  [--attach[=<boundary>] | --inline[=<boundary>] |
+                    [--no-attach]]
                   [-s | --signoff] [<common diff options>]
                   [-n | --numbered | -N | --no-numbered]
                   [--start-number <n>] [--numbered-files]
@@ -46,7 +47,8 @@ applies to that command line and you do not get "everything
 since the beginning of the time".  If you want to format
 everything since project inception to one commit, say "git
 format-patch \--root <commit>" to make it clear that it is the
-latter case.
+latter case.  If you want to format a single commit, you can do
+this with "git format-patch -1 <commit>".
 
 By default, each output file is numbered sequentially from 1, and uses the
 first line of the commit message (massaged for pathname safety) as
@@ -116,15 +118,27 @@ include::diff-options.txt[]
        which is the commit message and the patch itself in the
        second part, with "Content-Disposition: attachment".
 
+--no-attach::
+       Disable the creation of an attachment, overriding the
+       configuration setting.
+
 --inline[=<boundary>]::
        Create multipart/mixed attachment, the first part of
        which is the commit message and the patch itself in the
        second part, with "Content-Disposition: inline".
 
---thread::
+--thread[=<style>]::
        Add In-Reply-To and References headers to make the second and
        subsequent mails appear as replies to the first.  Also generates
        the Message-Id header to reference.
++
+The optional <style> argument can be either `shallow` or `deep`.
+'Shallow' threading makes every mail a reply to the head of the
+series, where the head is chosen from the cover letter, the
+`\--in-reply-to`, and the first patch mail, in this order.  'Deep'
+threading makes every mail a reply to the previous one.  If not
+specified, defaults to the 'format.thread' configuration, or `shallow`
+if that is not set.
 
 --in-reply-to=Message-Id::
        Make the first mail (or all the mails with --no-thread) appear as a
@@ -173,7 +187,8 @@ CONFIGURATION
 -------------
 You can specify extra mail header lines to be added to each message
 in the repository configuration, new defaults for the subject prefix
-and file suffix, and number patches when outputting more than one.
+and file suffix, control attachements, and number patches when outputting
+more than one.
 
 ------------
 [format]
@@ -182,6 +197,7 @@ and file suffix, and number patches when outputting more than one.
        suffix = .txt
        numbered = auto
        cc = <email>
+       attach [ = mime-boundary-string ]
 ------------