From: 徐沛文 (Aleen) via GitGitGadget Date: Tue, 30 Nov 2021 05:37:23 GMT Subject: [PATCH v12 1/3] doc: git-format-patch: describe the option --always Message-ID: In-Reply-To: From: =?UTF-8?q?=E5=BE=90=E6=B2=9B=E6=96=87=20=28Aleen=29?= This commit has described how to use '--always' option in the command 'git-format-patch' to include patches for commits that emit no changes. Signed-off-by: 徐沛文 (Aleen) --- Documentation/git-format-patch.txt | 6 +++++- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt b/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt index 113eabc107c..be797d7a28f 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt @@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ SYNOPSIS [-n | --numbered | -N | --no-numbered] [--start-number ] [--numbered-files] [--in-reply-to=] [--suffix=.] - [--ignore-if-in-upstream] + [--ignore-if-in-upstream] [--always] [--cover-from-description=] [--rfc] [--subject-prefix=] [(--reroll-count|-v) ] @@ -192,6 +192,10 @@ will want to ensure that threading is disabled for `git send-email`. patches being generated, and any patch that matches is ignored. +--always:: + Include patches for commits that do not introduce any change, + which are omitted by default. + --cover-from-description=:: Controls which parts of the cover letter will be automatically populated using the branch's description. -- gitgitgadget