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[PATCH] format-patch: document --quiet option

From
Carlos Martín Nieto <cmn@elego.de>
Date
Apr 12, 2011, 15:51 UTC
Message-ID
<1302623497-7658-1-git-send-email-cmn@elego.de>
In-Reply-To
<1302622538-7535-1-git-send-email-cmn@elego.de>
Signed-off-by: Carlos Martín Nieto <cmn@elego.de>
---

I guess this should be squashed into the previous one. I forgot it wasn't documented, partly because reading the commit log for ec2956df59 (Nate Case, format-patch: Respect --quiet option) says the man page suggests this should work.

 Documentation/git-format-patch.txt |    5 ++++-
 1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt b/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt
index 9dcafc6..616726b 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ SYNOPSIS
 		   [--ignore-if-in-upstream]
 		   [--subject-prefix=Subject-Prefix]
 		   [--to=<email>] [--cc=<email>]
-		   [--cover-letter]
+		   [--cover-letter] [--quiet]
 		   [<common diff options>]
 		   [ <since> | <revision range> ]
 
@@ -192,6 +192,9 @@ will want to ensure that threading is disabled for `git send-email`.
 	filenames, use specified suffix.  A common alternative is
 	`--suffix=.txt`.  Leaving this empty will remove the `.patch`
 	suffix.
+
+--quiet::
+	Do not print the patch names to standard output.
 +
 Note that the leading character does not have to be a dot; for example,
 you can use `--suffix=-patch` to get `0001-description-of-my-change-patch`.
-- 
1.7.4.2.437.g4fc7e.dirty
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Message 4 of 17 in “Bug in "git diff --quiet" handling.”
  1. Paul GortmakerApr 11, 2011
  2. Junio C HamanoApr 11, 2011
  3. format-patch: don't pass on the --quiet flagCarlos Martín Nieto, Apr 12, 2011
  4. format-patch: document --quiet optionCarlos Martín Nieto, Apr 12, 2011
  5. Junio C HamanoApr 12, 2011
  6. Junio C HamanoApr 12, 2011
  7. Carlos Martín NietoApr 13, 2011
  8. Junio C HamanoApr 12, 2011
  9. Carlos Martín NietoApr 13, 2011
  10. whatchanged: always show the headerCarlos Martín Nieto, Apr 13, 2011
  11. Junio C HamanoApr 13, 2011
  12. Carlos Martín NietoApr 13, 2011
  13. log: convert to parse-optionsCarlos Martín Nieto, Apr 14, 2011
  14. Junio C HamanoApr 14, 2011
  15. log: convert to parse-options=?UTF-8?q?Carlos=20Mart=C3=ADn=20Nieto?=, Apr 19, 2011
  16. Jeff KingApr 20, 2011
  17. Carlos Martín NietoApr 20, 2011

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