git format-patch documentation: clarify what --cover-letter does
authorMatt McCutchen <matt@mattmccutchen.net>
Thu, 14 Aug 2008 17:37:41 +0000 (13:37 -0400)
committerJunio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Fri, 15 Aug 2008 00:49:12 +0000 (17:49 -0700)
Signed-off-by: Matt McCutchen <matt@mattmccutchen.net>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Documentation/git-format-patch.txt

index 010d9e432231f41a179023df2e85610583b572cf..adb4ea7b1b6c70fb6fc2486487ef34ed280ec015 100644 (file)
@@ -147,9 +147,9 @@ include::diff-options.txt[]
        to any configured headers, and may be used multiple times.
 
 --cover-letter::
-       Generate a cover letter template.  You still have to fill in
-       a description, but the shortlog and the diffstat will be
-       generated for you.
+       In addition to the patches, generate a cover letter file
+       containing the shortlog and the overall diffstat.  You can
+       fill in a description in the file before sending it out.
 
 --suffix=.<sfx>::
        Instead of using `.patch` as the suffix for generated