This teaches "git-format-patch" to honor the --max-count
parameter revision traversal machinery takes, so that you can
say "git-format-patch -3" to process the three topmost commits
from the current HEAD (or "git-format-patch -2 topic" to name a
specific branch).
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
understand renaming patches, so use it only when you know
the recipient uses git to apply your patch.
+git-format-patch -3::
+ Extract three topmost commits from the current branch
+ and format them as e-mailable patches.
See Also
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}
if (rev.pending.nr == 1) {
- rev.pending.objects[0].item->flags |= UNINTERESTING;
- add_head(&rev);
+ if (rev.max_count < 0) {
+ rev.pending.objects[0].item->flags |= UNINTERESTING;
+ add_head(&rev);
+ }
+ /* Otherwise, it is "format-patch -22 HEAD", and
+ * get_revision() would return only the specified count.
+ */
}
if (ignore_if_in_upstream)