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patch, 7 partsFix git-formatpatch usage string wrt output modes

Subject: [PATCH 3/7] Fix git-formatpatch usage string wrt output modes

## tl;dr

One message between Jan 8, 2006 and Jan 8, 2006. Diffs are folded; open one to read it.

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Yann Dirson· Jan 8, 2006, 00:39 UTC · lore

--stdout was not mentionned, and the description for the case where -o was not given was thus incomplete.

Signed-off-by: Yann Dirson <ydirson@altern.org>
---
 git-format-patch.sh |    6 ++++--
 1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
8a6d4a039ff4ffd75d5eeddbd6801787a8479b05
Show changes to git-format-patch.sh +4 −2
diff --git a/git-format-patch.sh b/git-format-patch.sh
index daa3cae..0948f1f 100755
--- a/git-format-patch.sh
+++ b/git-format-patch.sh
@@ -9,8 +9,10 @@ one file per patch, for e-mail submissio
 numbered sequentially from 1, and uses the first line of the commit
 message (massaged for pathname safety) as the filename.
 
-When -o is specified, output files are created in that directory; otherwise in
-the current working directory.
+There are three output modes.  By default, output files are created in
+the current working directory; when -o is specified, they are created
+in that directory instead; when --stdout is specified, they are spit
+on standard output, and can be piped to git-am.
 
 When -n is specified, instead of "[PATCH] Subject", the first line is formatted
 as "[PATCH N/M] Subject", unless you have only one patch.
-- 
1.0.6-g8ecb

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