# [PATCH] doc: format-patch: fix typo

2 messages from 2015-06-10 to 2015-06-10. Participants: Frans Klaver, Junio C Hamano.
Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/39591

## Frans Klaver, 2015-06-10 21:01

Subject: [PATCH] doc: format-patch: fix typo
Message-ID: <1433970074-12497-1-git-send-email-fransklaver@gmail.com>
URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/1433970074-12497-1-git-send-email-fransklaver%40gmail.com

```
reroll count documentation states that v<n> will be pretended to the
filename. Judging by the examples that should have been 'prepended'.

Signed-off-by: Frans Klaver <fransklaver@gmail.com>
---
 Documentation/git-format-patch.txt | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt b/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt
index bb3ea93..0dac4e9 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ will want to ensure that threading is disabled for `git send-email`.
 -v <n>::
 --reroll-count=<n>::
 	Mark the series as the <n>-th iteration of the topic. The
-	output filenames have `v<n>` pretended to them, and the
+	output filenames have `v<n>` prepended to them, and the
 	subject prefix ("PATCH" by default, but configurable via the
 	`--subject-prefix` option) has ` v<n>` appended to it.  E.g.
 	`--reroll-count=4` may produce `v4-0001-add-makefile.patch`
-- 
2.4.0

```

## Junio C Hamano, 2015-06-10 21:36

Subject: Re: [PATCH] doc: format-patch: fix typo
Message-ID: <xmqqbngni6uq.fsf@gitster.dls.corp.google.com>
URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/xmqqbngni6uq.fsf%40gitster.dls.corp.google.com
In-Reply-To: <1433970074-12497-1-git-send-email-fransklaver@gmail.com>

```
Frans Klaver <fransklaver@gmail.com> writes:

> reroll count documentation states that v<n> will be pretended to the
> filename. Judging by the examples that should have been 'prepended'.
>
> Signed-off-by: Frans Klaver <fransklaver@gmail.com>
> ---

Good eyes; thanks.

>  Documentation/git-format-patch.txt | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt b/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt
> index bb3ea93..0dac4e9 100644
> --- a/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt
> @@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ will want to ensure that threading is disabled for `git send-email`.
>  -v <n>::
>  --reroll-count=<n>::
>  	Mark the series as the <n>-th iteration of the topic. The
> -	output filenames have `v<n>` pretended to them, and the
> +	output filenames have `v<n>` prepended to them, and the
>  	subject prefix ("PATCH" by default, but configurable via the
>  	`--subject-prefix` option) has ` v<n>` appended to it.  E.g.
>  	`--reroll-count=4` may produce `v4-0001-add-makefile.patch`

```