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[PATCH] format-patch: use cwd as default output directory

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MLMatthias Lederhofer <matled@gmx.net>
Date
Sep 22, 2006, 11:12 UTC
Message-ID
<20060922111201.GA10124@moooo.ath.cx>
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--- Nguyen Thai Ngoc Duy <pclouds@gmail.com> wrote:

> git format-patch in subdir generates files in topdir instead of
> current dir as documented in its man page
Here is a patch for this.
---
 builtin-log.c |    2 ++
 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
diff --git a/builtin-log.c b/builtin-log.c
index fbc58bb..130b53a 100644
--- a/builtin-log.c
+++ b/builtin-log.c
@@ -270,6 +270,8 @@ int cmd_format_patch(int argc, const cha
 
 	rev.extra_headers = extra_headers;
 
+	output_directory = prefix;
+
 	/*
 	 * Parse the arguments before setup_revisions(), or something
 	 * like "git fmt-patch -o a123 HEAD^.." may fail; a123 is
-- 
1.4.2.1.ge767
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Message 2 of 12 in “git commands that only work correctly at top directory”
  1. Nguyen Thai Ngoc DuySep 22, 2006
  2. format-patch: use cwd as default output directoryMatthias Lederhofer, Sep 22, 2006
  3. Nguyen Thai Ngoc DuySep 28, 2006
  4. Junio C HamanoSep 28, 2006
  5. git-format-patch: fix bug using -o in subdirectoriesMatthias Lederhofer, Sep 28, 2006
  6. Matthias LederhoferSep 22, 2006
  7. Nguyen Thai Ngoc DuySep 22, 2006
  8. Petr BaudisSep 23, 2006
  9. git-repack: allow git-repack to run in subdirectoryJeff King, Sep 22, 2006
  10. Thomas KolejkaSep 22, 2006
  11. git-repack: allow git-repack to run in subdirectoryJeff King, Sep 25, 2006
  12. Junio C HamanoSep 25, 2006

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