Subject: Re: [PATCH] format-patch: Update the `-3` example

From: Jakub Narebski <[email-masked]>
Date: Sat, 21 Aug 2010 03:23:59 -0700 (PDT)

Ramkumar Ramachandra <[email-masked]> writes:

> In the EXAMPLES section, `git-format-patch -3` doesn't work
> anymore. Update it to read `git format-patch HEAD~3`. The example was
> introduced in 7c49628 and had not been updated since.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Ramkumar Ramachandra <[email-masked]>
> ---
>  Documentation/git-format-patch.txt |    2 +-
>  1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt b/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt
> index 4b3f5ba..2a44472 100644
> --- a/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt
> @@ -271,7 +271,7 @@ use it only when you know the recipient uses git to apply your patch.
>  as e-mailable patches:
>  +
>  ------------
> -$ git format-patch -3
> +$ git format-patch HEAD~3
>  ------------

Works for me:

  5031:[gitweb/split@git]# git format-patch -3
  0001-gitweb-Prepare-for-splitting-gitweb.txt
  0002-gitweb-Create-Gitweb-Git-module.txt

  5034:[gitweb/split@git]# git version
  git version 1.7.2.1

The -3 is git-log option:

  -<n>   Limits the number of commits to show.

and also git-format-patch option:

  -<n>   Limits the number of patches to prepare.

-- 
Jakub Narebski
Poland
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