NAME
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-git-mailsplit - Totally braindamaged mbox splitter program.
+git-mailsplit - Simple UNIX mbox splitter program
SYNOPSIS
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-'git-mailsplit' [-b] [-f<nn>] [-d<prec>] -o<directory> [--] [<mbox>...]
+'git mailsplit' [-b] [-f<nn>] [-d<prec>] -o<directory> [--] [<mbox>|<Maildir>...]
DESCRIPTION
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-Splits a mbox file into a list of files: "0001" "0002" .. in the specified
-directory so you can process them further from there.
+Splits a mbox file or a Maildir into a list of files: "0001" "0002" .. in the
+specified directory so you can process them further from there.
+
+IMPORTANT: Maildir splitting relies upon filenames being sorted to output
+patches in the correct order.
OPTIONS
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Mbox file to split. If not given, the mbox is read from
the standard input.
-<directory>::
+<Maildir>::
+ Root of the Maildir to split. This directory should contain the cur, tmp
+ and new subdirectories.
+
+-o<directory>::
Directory in which to place the individual messages.
-b::
If any file doesn't begin with a From line, assume it is a
- single mail message instead of signalling error.
+ single mail message instead of signaling error.
-d<prec>::
Instead of the default 4 digits with leading zeros,
Author
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Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
-and Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
+and Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Documentation
GIT
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-Part of the gitlink:git[7] suite
-
+Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite