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Re: [PATCH] format-patch: Update the `-3` example

From
Ramkumar Ramachandra <artagnon@gmail.com>
Date
Aug 21, 2010, 10:34 UTC
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<20100821103404.GB31130@kytes>
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Hi Jakub,
Jakub Narebski writes:
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> Works for me:
> 
>   5031:[gitweb/split@git]# git format-patch -3
>   0001-gitweb-Prepare-for-splitting-gitweb.txt
>   0002-gitweb-Create-Gitweb-Git-module.txt
> 
>   5034:[gitweb/split@git]# git version
>   git version 1.7.2.1
> 
> 
> The -3 is git-log option:
> 
>   -<n>   Limits the number of commits to show.
> 
> and also git-format-patch option:
> 
>   -<n>   Limits the number of patches to prepare.

Hm, doesn't work on the `pu` Git, but works on `master` -- I'm currently bisecting to find the problem. `git log -3` works though.

-- Ram
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  1. format-patch: Update the `-3` exampleRamkumar Ramachandra, Aug 21, 2010
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