Re: [PATCH] git-format-patch(1)- add note about creating patch for single commit

From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Oct 19, 2008, 05:33 UTC
Message-ID: <7vwsg587y7.fsf@gitster.siamese.dyndns.org>
In-Reply-To: <449c10960810182226t5e2ae1ay4b53656a7cac4606@mail.gmail.com>

"Dan McGee" <dpmcgee@gmail.com> writes:

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> On Sun, Oct 19, 2008 at 12:21 AM, Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> wrote:
>
>> Heh, a more natural way to say that is:
>>
>>        git format-patch -1 $that_one
>>
>> That uses the first option described in the documentation:
>>
>>        -<n>::
>>                Limits the number of patches to prepare.
>
> Wow, had no idea about that option. :)
>
> Given that I didn't even notice this option when I did go to the
> manpage, what if my above change was instead reworked a bit:
>>> +latter case.  If you want to format only a single commit, say "git
>>> +format-patch -1 <commit>" .

I thought about it, but saw "formatting three commits" example in the manpage, and stopped there ;-)