Imported Upstream version 2.15.0

[platform/upstream/git.git] / Documentation / git-format-patch.txt

diff --git a/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt b/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt
index 9624c84..6cbe462 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt
@@ -19,9 +19,11 @@ SYNOPSIS
                   [--start-number <n>] [--numbered-files]
                   [--in-reply-to=Message-Id] [--suffix=.<sfx>]
                   [--ignore-if-in-upstream]
-                  [--subject-prefix=Subject-Prefix] [(--reroll-count|-v) <n>]
+                  [--rfc] [--subject-prefix=Subject-Prefix]
+                  [(--reroll-count|-v) <n>]
                   [--to=<email>] [--cc=<email>]
                   [--[no-]cover-letter] [--quiet] [--notes[=<ref>]]
+                  [--progress]
                   [<common diff options>]
                   [ <since> | <revision range> ]
 
@@ -172,6 +174,11 @@ will want to ensure that threading is disabled for `git send-email`.
        allows for useful naming of a patch series, and can be
        combined with the `--numbered` option.
 
+--rfc::
+       Alias for `--subject-prefix="RFC PATCH"`. RFC means "Request For
+       Comments"; use this when sending an experimental patch for
+       discussion rather than application.
+
 -v <n>::
 --reroll-count=<n>::
        Mark the series as the <n>-th iteration of the topic. The
@@ -233,7 +240,7 @@ keeping them as Git notes allows them to be maintained between versions
 of the patch series (but see the discussion of the `notes.rewrite`
 configuration options in linkgit:git-notes[1] to use this workflow).
 
---[no]-signature=<signature>::
+--[no-]signature=<signature>::
        Add a signature to each message produced. Per RFC 3676 the signature
        is separated from the body by a line with '-- ' on it. If the
        signature option is omitted the signature defaults to the Git version
@@ -277,6 +284,9 @@ you can use `--suffix=-patch` to get `0001-description-of-my-change-patch`.
        range are always formatted as creation patches, independently
        of this flag.
 
+--progress::
+       Show progress reports on stderr as patches are generated.
+
 CONFIGURATION
 -------------
 You can specify extra mail header lines to be added to each message,
@@ -551,7 +561,7 @@ series A, B, C, the history would be like:
 ................................................
 
 With `git format-patch --base=P -3 C` (or variants thereof, e.g. with
-`--cover-letter` of using `Z..C` instead of `-3 C` to specify the
+`--cover-letter` or using `Z..C` instead of `-3 C` to specify the
 range), the base tree information block is shown at the end of the
 first message the command outputs (either the first patch, or the
 cover letter), like this: