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authorJeremiah Mahler <jmmahler@gmail.com>2014-05-23 21:08:14 -0700
committerJunio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2014-05-27 12:38:32 -0700
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format-patch: add "--signature-file=<file>" optionjm/format-patch-mail-sig
Add an option to format-patch for reading a signature from a file. $ git format-patch -1 --signature-file=$HOME/.signature The config variable `format.signaturefile` can also be used to make this the default. $ git config format.signaturefile $HOME/.signature $ git format-patch -1 Signed-off-by: Jeremiah Mahler <jmmahler@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ SYNOPSIS
[(--attach|--inline)[=<boundary>] | --no-attach]
[-s | --signoff]
[--signature=<signature> | --no-signature]
+ [--signature-file=<file>]
[-n | --numbered | -N | --no-numbered]
[--start-number <n>] [--numbered-files]
[--in-reply-to=Message-Id] [--suffix=.<sfx>]
@@ -233,6 +234,9 @@ configuration options in linkgit:git-notes[1] to use this workflow).
signature option is omitted the signature defaults to the Git version
number.
+--signature-file=<file>::
+ Works just like --signature except the signature is read from a file.
+
--suffix=.<sfx>::
Instead of using `.patch` as the suffix for generated
filenames, use specified suffix. A common alternative is