[PATCH] git format-patch documentation: clarify what --cover-letter does
From: Matt McCutchen <hidden>
Date: 2016-06-15 22:45:09
Subsystem:
documentation, the rest · Maintainers:
Jonathan Corbet, Linus Torvalds
Signed-off-by: Matt McCutchen <redacted> --- Documentation/git-format-patch.txt | 6 +++--- 1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt b/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt
index 010d9e4..2f1deec 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt@@ -147,9 +147,9 @@ include::diff-options.txt[] to any configured headers, and may be used multiple times. --cover-letter:: - Generate a cover letter template. You still have to fill in - a description, but the shortlog and the diffstat will be - generated for you. + In addition to the patches, generate a "cover letter" file + containing the shortlog and the overall diffstat. You still have + to fill in a description. --suffix=.<sfx>:: Instead of using `.patch` as the suffix for generated
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