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Documentation: git-send-mail can take rev-list arg to drive format-patch
The git-send-email docs do not mention except in the usage lines the combined patch formatting/sending ability of git-send-email. This patch expands on the possible arguments to git-send-email and explains the meaning of the rev-list argument. Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <[email protected]>
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DESCRIPTION
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Takes the patches given on the command line and emails them out.
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Patches can be specified as files, directories (which will send all
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files in the directory), or directly as a revision list. In the
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last case, any format accepted by linkgit:git-format-patch[1] can
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be passed to git send-email.
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The header of the email is configurable by command line options. If not
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specified on the command line, the user will be prompted with a ReadLine

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