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Fix git-format-patch usage string wrt output modes.
--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> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
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@@ -9,8 +9,10 @@ one file per patch, for e-mail submission. Each output file is
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numbered sequentially from 1, and uses the first line of the commit
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message (massaged for pathname safety) as the filename.
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When -o is specified, output files are created in that directory; otherwise in
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the current working directory.
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There are three output modes. By default, output files are created in
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the current working directory; when -o is specified, they are created
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in that directory instead; when --stdout is specified, they are spit
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on standard output, and can be piped to git-am.
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When -n is specified, instead of "[PATCH] Subject", the first line is formatted
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as "[PATCH N/M] Subject", unless you have only one patch.

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