Re: How does format-patch determine the filename of the patch?

> Hi.  I'm not familiar with the git source code, so forgive me if this
> is a dumb question.  I'm trying to determine the algorithm that
> git-format-patch uses to determine the name of the patch file it
> creates (e.g. "0001-this-is-my-patch-without-spaces-and-trunca.patch")
>  I'm looking at the function cmd_format_patch(), and I just don't see
> where it creates any files.  Can someone show me where this code is?
>
> The reason I ask is that I'm writing a script which calls
> git-format-patch to create some patches for post-processing.  So I
> need the name of the file that git-format-patch creates so that I can
> open it and examine it.  I'd liked to see if there's a way to get the
> name of the patch without actually creating the file.