From: Junio C Hamano <junio@hera.kernel.org>
Date: Tue, 25 Jul 2006 22:23:12 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: Autogenerated man pages for v1.4.2-rc2
X-Git-Url: http://git.tremily.us/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=690e364fa55f6c3ff598e850f15353355062d496;p=git.git

Autogenerated man pages for v1.4.2-rc2
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diff --git a/man1/git-format-patch.1 b/man1/git-format-patch.1
index faf400726..758bcd81e 100755
--- a/man1/git-format-patch.1
+++ b/man1/git-format-patch.1
@@ -23,8 +23,9 @@ git-format-patch \- Prepare patches for e-mail submission
 .SH "SYNOPSIS"
 
 .nf
-\fIgit\-format\-patch\fR [\-n | \-k] [\-o <dir> | \-\-stdout] [\-\-attach]
+\fIgit\-format\-patch\fR [\-n | \-k] [\-o <dir> | \-\-stdout] [\-\-attach] [\-\-thread]
                    [\-s | \-\-signoff] [\-\-diff\-options] [\-\-start\-number <n>]
+                   [\-\-in\-reply\-to=Message\-Id]
                    <since>[\&.\&.<until>]
 .fi
 
@@ -45,6 +46,9 @@ If \-o is specified, output files are created in <dir>\&. Otherwise they are cre
 
 If \-n is specified, instead of "[PATCH] Subject", the first line is formatted as "[PATCH n/m] Subject"\&.
 
+
+If given \-\-thread, git\-format\-patch will generate In\-Reply\-To and References headers to make the second and subsequent patch mails appear as replies to the first mail; this also generates a Message\-Id header to reference\&.
+
 .SH "OPTIONS"
 
 .TP
@@ -75,6 +79,14 @@ Print all commits to the standard output in mbox format, instead of creating a f
 \-\-attach
 Create attachments instead of inlining patches\&.
 
+.TP
+\-\-thread
+Add In\-Reply\-To and References headers to make the second and subsequent mails appear as replies to the first\&. Also generates the Message\-Id header to reference\&.
+
+.TP
+\-\-in\-reply\-to=Message\-Id
+Make the first mail (or all the mails with \-\-no\-thread) appear as a reply to the given Message\-Id, which avoids breaking threads to provide a new patch series\&.
+
 .SH "CONFIGURATION"