From 7022650f61ff7d7c9297db4a04f4e93ae14e1750 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jeremiah Mahler Date: Fri, 23 May 2014 21:08:14 -0700 Subject: format-patch: add "--signature-file=" option 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 Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano --- Documentation/git-format-patch.txt | 4 ++++ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) (limited to 'Documentation/git-format-patch.txt') diff --git a/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt b/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt index 5c0a4ab2d6..c0fd470da4 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt @@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ SYNOPSIS [(--attach|--inline)[=] | --no-attach] [-s | --signoff] [--signature= | --no-signature] + [--signature-file=] [-n | --numbered | -N | --no-numbered] [--start-number ] [--numbered-files] [--in-reply-to=Message-Id] [--suffix=.] @@ -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=:: + Works just like --signature except the signature is read from a file. + --suffix=.:: Instead of using `.patch` as the suffix for generated filenames, use specified suffix. A common alternative is -- cgit v1.2.1