Re: How does format-patch determine the filename of the patch?

On 10/29/2009 09:05 AM, Timur Tabi wrote:

On Thu, Oct 15, 2009 at 12:59 PM, Robin Rosenberg
[off-list ref]  wrote:

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The reason I ask is that I'm writing a script which calls
git-format-patch to create some patches for post-processing.  So I
need the name of the file that git-format-patch creates so that I can
open it and examine it.  I'd liked to see if there's a way to get the
name of the patch without actually creating the file.

It tells you the names on stdout.

Is there a way for it to tell me the name on stdout *without* actually
creating the patch?

Hello,

Is there any way you can just save the names from when you do call 
format-patch?

e.g.
...
my @filenames = qx(git format-patch $opts);
...

Josh