[PATCH] Doc User-Manual: Patch cover letter, three dashes, and --notes

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Philip Oakley <philipoakley@iee.org>

Date

Oct 21, 2012, 21:34 UTC

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Signed-off-by: Philip Oakley <philipoakley@iee.org>
---
 Documentation/user-manual.txt | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/Documentation/user-manual.txt b/Documentation/user-manual.txt
index 85651b5..d918c53 100644
--- a/Documentation/user-manual.txt
+++ b/Documentation/user-manual.txt
@@ -1787,6 +1787,11 @@ $ git format-patch origin
 will produce a numbered series of files in the current directory, one
 for each patch in the current branch but not in origin/HEAD.
 
+`git format-patch` can include an initial "cover letter". You can insert
+a commentary on individual patches using a three dash line after the
+commit message, and before the patch itself. `git format-patch --notes`
+(v1.8.1) will include the commit's notes in the similar manner.
+
 You can then import these into your mail client and send them by
 hand.  However, if you have a lot to send at once, you may prefer to
 use the linkgit:git-send-email[1] script to automate the process.

-- 
1.7.11.msysgit.1