From: Junio C Hamano Date: Sat, 5 Nov 2005 10:55:18 +0000 (-0800) Subject: Documentation: format-patch X-Git-Tag: v0.99.9d^2~3 X-Git-Url: https://git.verplant.org/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=28ffb8987af97e28accc707c724207fbd745b027;p=git.git Documentation: format-patch Add examples section and talk about using this to cherry-pick commits. Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano --- diff --git a/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt b/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt index f3ef4c1e..7a3abec0 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt @@ -59,6 +59,26 @@ OPTIONS standard output, instead of saving them into a file per patch and implies --mbox. + +EXAMPLES +-------- + +git-format-patch -k --stdout R1..R2 | git-am -3 -k:: + Extract commits between revisions R1 and R2, and apply + them on top of the current branch using `git-am` to + cherry-pick them. + +git-format-patch origin:: + Extract commits the current branch accumulated since it + pulled from origin the last time in a patch form for + e-mail submission. + + +See Also +-------- +gitlink:git-am[1], gitlink:git-send-email + + Author ------ Written by Junio C Hamano