Documentation: Correct various misspellings and typos.

diff --git a/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt b/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt
index 111d7c60bf1832bbfc27f8b819da77b8761236da..c514fdd93f40223e1ea7d8996f1a096fc3e61613 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt
@@ -10,11 +10,13 @@ SYNOPSIS
 --------
 [verse]
 'git-format-patch' [-n | -k] [-o <dir> | --stdout] [--thread]
-                  [--attach[=<boundary>] | --inline[=<boundary>]]
-                  [-s | --signoff] [<common diff options>] [--start-number <n>]
-                  [--in-reply-to=Message-Id] [--suffix=.<sfx>]
-                  [--ignore-if-in-upstream]
-                  <since>[..<until>]
+                   [--attach[=<boundary>] | --inline[=<boundary>]]
+                   [-s | --signoff] [<common diff options>]
+                   [--start-number <n>] [--numbered-files]
+                   [--in-reply-to=Message-Id] [--suffix=.<sfx>]
+                   [--ignore-if-in-upstream]
+                   [--subject-prefix=Subject-Prefix]
+                   <since>[..<until>]
 
 DESCRIPTION
 -----------
@@ -29,9 +31,11 @@ gitlink:git-rev-parse[1].
 The output of this command is convenient for e-mail submission or
 for use with gitlink:git-am[1].
 
-Each output file is numbered sequentially from 1, and uses the
+By default, each output file is numbered sequentially from 1, and uses the
 first line of the commit message (massaged for pathname safety) as
-the filename. The names of the output files are printed to standard
+the filename. With the --numbered-files option, the output file names
+will only be numbers, without the first line of the commit appended.
+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
@@ -49,6 +53,9 @@ OPTIONS
 -------
 include::diff-options.txt[]
 
+-<n>::
+       Limits the number of patches to prepare.
+
 -o|--output-directory <dir>::
        Use <dir> to store the resulting files, instead of the
        current working directory.
@@ -59,6 +66,11 @@ include::diff-options.txt[]
 --start-number <n>::
        Start numbering the patches at <n> instead of 1.
 
+--numbered-files::
+       Output file names will be a simple number sequence
+       without the default first line of the commit appended.
+       Mutually exclusive with the --stdout option.
+
 -k|--keep-subject::
        Do not strip/add '[PATCH]' from the first line of the
        commit log message.
@@ -98,9 +110,15 @@ include::diff-options.txt[]
        patches being generated, and any patch that matches is
        ignored.
 
+--subject-prefix=<Subject-Prefix>::
+       Instead of the standard '[PATCH]' prefix in the subject
+       line, instead use '[<Subject-Prefix>]'. This
+       allows for useful naming of a patch series, and can be
+       combined with the --numbered option.
+
 --suffix=.<sfx>::
        Instead of using `.patch` as the suffix for generated
-       filenames, use specifed suffix.  A common alternative is
+       filenames, use specified suffix.  A common alternative is
        `--suffix=.txt`.
 +
 Note that you would need to include the leading dot `.` if you
@@ -111,12 +129,13 @@ not add any suffix.
 CONFIGURATION
 -------------
 You can specify extra mail header lines to be added to each
-message in the repository configuration.  Also you can specify
-the default suffix different from the built-in one:
+message in the repository configuration.  You can also specify
+new defaults for the subject prefix and file suffix.
 
 ------------
 [format]
         headers = "Organization: git-foo\n"
+        subjectprefix = CHANGE
         suffix = .txt
 ------------
 
@@ -163,4 +182,3 @@ Documentation by Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>.
 GIT
 ---
 Part of the gitlink:git[7] suite
-