feature/v2`), or a revision range if the two versions of the series are
disjoint (for example `git format-patch --cover-letter
--range-diff=feature/v1~3..feature/v1 -3 feature/v2`).
++
+Note that diff options passed to the command affect how the primary
+product of `format-patch` is generated, and they are not passed to
+the underlying `range-diff` machinery used to generate the cover-letter
+material (this may change in the future).
--creation-factor=<percent>::
Used with `--range-diff`, tweak the heuristic which matches up commits
"mailnews.wraplength" and set the value to 0.
3. Disable the use of format=flowed:
-Edit..Preferences..Advanced..Config Editor. Search for
-"mailnews.send_plaintext_flowed".
-Toggle it to make sure it is set to `false`.
+ Edit..Preferences..Advanced..Config Editor. Search for
+ "mailnews.send_plaintext_flowed".
+ Toggle it to make sure it is set to `false`.
After that is done, you should be able to compose email as you
otherwise would (cut + paste, 'git format-patch' | 'git imap-send', etc),
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* Extract commits between revisions R1 and R2, and apply them on top of
-the current branch using 'git am' to cherry-pick them:
+ the current branch using 'git am' to cherry-pick them:
+
------------
$ git format-patch -k --stdout R1..R2 | git am -3 -k
------------
* Extract all commits which are in the current branch but not in the
-origin branch:
+ origin branch:
+
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$ git format-patch origin
For each commit a separate file is created in the current directory.
* Extract all commits that lead to 'origin' since the inception of the
-project:
+ project:
+
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$ git format-patch --root origin
use it only when you know the recipient uses Git to apply your patch.
* Extract three topmost commits from the current branch and format them
-as e-mailable patches:
+ as e-mailable patches:
+
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$ git format-patch -3