6 git-format-patch - Prepare patches for e-mail submission
12 'git-format-patch' [-n | -k] [-o <dir> | --stdout] [--attach] [--thread]
13 [-s | --signoff] [--diff-options] [--start-number <n>]
14 [--in-reply-to=Message-Id]
20 Prepare each commit between <since> and <until> with its patch in
21 one file per commit, formatted to resemble UNIX mailbox format.
22 If ..<until> is not specified, the head of the current working
25 The output of this command is convenient for e-mail submission or
26 for use with gitlink:git-am[1].
28 Each output file is numbered sequentially from 1, and uses the
29 first line of the commit message (massaged for pathname safety) as
30 the filename. The names of the output files are printed to standard
31 output, unless the --stdout option is specified.
33 If -o is specified, output files are created in <dir>. Otherwise
34 they are created in the current working directory.
36 If -n is specified, instead of "[PATCH] Subject", the first line
37 is formatted as "[PATCH n/m] Subject".
39 If given --thread, git-format-patch will generate In-Reply-To and
40 References headers to make the second and subsequent patch mails appear
41 as replies to the first mail; this also generates a Message-Id header to
46 -o|--output-directory <dir>::
47 Use <dir> to store the resulting files, instead of the
48 current working directory.
51 Name output in '[PATCH n/m]' format.
54 Start numbering the patches at <n> instead of 1.
57 Do not strip/add '[PATCH]' from the first line of the
61 Add `Signed-off-by:` line to the commit message, using
62 the committer identity of yourself.
65 Print all commits to the standard output in mbox format,
66 instead of creating a file for each one.
69 Create attachments instead of inlining patches.
72 Add In-Reply-To and References headers to make the second and
73 subsequent mails appear as replies to the first. Also generates
74 the Message-Id header to reference.
76 --in-reply-to=Message-Id::
77 Make the first mail (or all the mails with --no-thread) appear as a
78 reply to the given Message-Id, which avoids breaking threads to
79 provide a new patch series.
83 You can specify extra mail header lines to be added to each
84 message in the repository configuration as follows:
87 headers = "Organization: git-foo\n"
93 git-format-patch -k --stdout R1..R2 | git-am -3 -k::
94 Extract commits between revisions R1 and R2, and apply
95 them on top of the current branch using `git-am` to
98 git-format-patch origin::
99 Extract all commits which are in the current branch but
100 not in the origin branch. For each commit a separate file
101 is created in the current directory.
103 git-format-patch -M -B origin::
104 The same as the previous one. Additionally, it detects
105 and handles renames and complete rewrites intelligently to
106 produce a renaming patch. A renaming patch reduces the
107 amount of text output, and generally makes it easier to
108 review it. Note that the "patch" program does not
109 understand renaming patches, so use it only when you know
110 the recipient uses git to apply your patch.
115 gitlink:git-am[1], gitlink:git-send-email[1]
120 Written by Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
124 Documentation by Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>.
128 Part of the gitlink:git[7] suite