Merge branch 'rr/format-patch-count-without-merges'

[git.git] / Documentation / git-format-patch.txt

diff --git a/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt b/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt
index 835fb7135b9d159281ef8eb81daf699c6aeec57b..df77474c2950d2a15145ac2bd086697fe365a192 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ SYNOPSIS
                   [--no-thread | --thread[=<style>]]
                   [(--attach|--inline)[=<boundary>] | --no-attach]
                   [-s | --signoff]
+                  [--signature=<signature> | --no-signature]
                   [-n | --numbered | -N | --no-numbered]
                   [--start-number <n>] [--numbered-files]
                   [--in-reply-to=Message-Id] [--suffix=.<sfx>]
@@ -38,7 +39,7 @@ There are two ways to specify which commits to operate on.
    that leads to the <since> to be output.
 
 2. Generic <revision range> expression (see "SPECIFYING
-   REVISIONS" section in linkgit:git-rev-parse[1]) means the
+   REVISIONS" section in linkgit:gitrevisions[1]) means the
    commits in the specified range.
 
 The first rule takes precedence in the case of a single <commit>.  To
@@ -73,7 +74,7 @@ OPTIONS
 include::diff-options.txt[]
 
 -<n>::
-       Limits the number of patches to prepare.
+       Prepare patches from the topmost <n> commits.
 
 -o <dir>::
 --output-directory <dir>::
@@ -180,6 +181,12 @@ will want to ensure that threading is disabled for `git send-email`.
        containing the shortlog and the overall diffstat.  You can
        fill in a description in the file before sending it out.
 
+--[no]-signature=<signature>::
+       Add a signature to each message produced. Per RFC 3676 the signature
+       is separated from the body by a line with '-- ' on it. If the
+       signature option is omitted the signature defaults to the git version
+       number.
+
 --suffix=.<sfx>::
        Instead of using `.patch` as the suffix for generated
        filenames, use specified suffix.  A common alternative is