Merge branch 'tb/avoid-gcc-on-darwin-10-6'

diff --git a/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt b/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt
index e3cdaeb9586017aa86aa15fec8a13371993906e3..6821441d7d7beedac1f5b322248c3012d23bb103 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt
@@ -57,7 +57,11 @@ The names of the output files are printed to standard
 output, unless the `--stdout` option is specified.
 
 If `-o` is specified, output files are created in <dir>.  Otherwise
-they are created in the current working directory.
+they are created in the current working directory. The default path
+can be set with the 'format.outputDirectory' configuration option.
+The `-o` option takes precedence over `format.outputDirectory`.
+To store patches in the current working directory even when
+`format.outputDirectory` points elsewhere, use `-o .`.
 
 By default, the subject of a single patch is "[PATCH] " followed by
 the concatenation of lines from the commit message up to the first blank
@@ -109,6 +113,7 @@ include::diff-options.txt[]
 --signoff::
        Add `Signed-off-by:` line to the commit message, using
        the committer identity of yourself.
+       See the signoff option in linkgit:git-commit[1] for more information.
 
 --stdout::
        Print all commits to the standard output in mbox format,