diffstat and signoff in git-format-patch

> Hi,
> I am currently trying to use git-format-patch in a script to generate files
> which must be in a special format. This means that I have to override also
> changes by users. This is as far as I can see suffix, signoff and some
>  more. Most of the stuff works, but I cannot get away the signoff message
>  as their is nothing like --no-signoff and the -p option which should be
>  disable generation of diffstat doesn't do anything. How can I disable them
>  anyway?
> git version 1.6.3.3

> > Hi,
> > I am currently trying to use git-format-patch in a script to generate files
> > which must be in a special format. This means that I have to override also
> > changes by users. This is as far as I can see suffix, signoff and some
> >  more. Most of the stuff works, but I cannot get away the signoff message
> >  as their is nothing like --no-signoff and the -p option which should be
> >  disable generation of diffstat doesn't do anything. How can I disable them
> >  anyway?
> > git version 1.6.3.3
> And can i disable this "--\n1.6.3.3" at the end of the patch?

> On Sat, Sep 12, 2009 at 05:17:57PM +0200, Robert Wohlrab wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > > I am currently trying to use git-format-patch in a script to generate
> > > files which must be in a special format. This means that I have to
> > > override also changes by users. This is as far as I can see suffix,
> > > signoff and some more. Most of the stuff works, but I cannot get away
> > > the signoff message as their is nothing like --no-signoff and the -p
> > > option which should be disable generation of diffstat doesn't do
> > > anything. How can I disable them anyway?
> > > git version 1.6.3.3
> >
> > And can i disable this "--\n1.6.3.3" at the end of the patch?
> 
> format-patch isn't very configurable in its output. Maybe you want to
> just do:
> 
>   git log -1 --pretty=email -p
> 
> instead (or if you want to tweak the format even further, try
> --pretty=format)?