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Re: [PATCH] Documentation: format-patch has no --mbox option

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Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
Date
May 15, 2007, 00:03 UTC
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Frank Lichtenheld <frank@lichtenheld.de> writes:
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> git-applymbox and git-mailinfo refer to a --mbox
> option of git-format-patch. But there is no such
> option AFAICT. mbox output can produced with
> format-patch --stdout.
>
> This patch only replaces --mbox with --stdout.
> Some further explanation and/or format-patch
> arguments (e.g. -k) might be needed.

I would agree. "Reads single mbox with one or more patches in it, without munging the subject line" is what it really does, so we obviously mean "--stdout -k >mbox" here.

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Message 4 of 9 in “Some misc Documentation patches”
  1. Frank LichtenheldMay 14, 2007
  2. builtin-log.c: Fix typo in commentFrank Lichtenheld, May 14, 2007
  3. Documentation: format-patch has no --mbox optionFrank Lichtenheld, May 14, 2007
  4. Junio C HamanoMay 15, 2007
  5. Junio C HamanoMay 15, 2007
  6. git-am: Clean up the asciidoc documentationFrank Lichtenheld, May 14, 2007
  7. Junio C HamanoMay 15, 2007
  8. Frank LichtenheldMay 15, 2007
  9. Junio C HamanoMay 15, 2007

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