Re: format-patch: numbered patches from a patch list?

tom fogal [off-list ref] writes:

I have a need to generate a numbered sequence of patches from a sparse
sprinkling of patches on a branch.  Is there a way to accomplish this?

Basically I want to say, `for the patches at the heads of these sha1s,
give me a numbered sequence.'  Currently I take the list of shas that I
want, throw them in a file, and loop over each entry:

  for sha in $(cat patches) ; do git format-patch -o a/ ${sha}^..${sha} ; done

You can pass --start-number to these invocations of format-patch; maintain
the parameter to give as an argument to the option inside your loop.