From: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
Date: Tue, 15 May 2007 00:03:31 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Documentation: format-patch has no --mbox option
Message-ID: <7v8xbrlzqk.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net>
In-Reply-To: <11791538941530-git-send-email-frank@lichtenheld.de>

Frank Lichtenheld <frank@lichtenheld.de> writes:

> 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.