Yann Dirson, 22.07.2009: > This hopefully makes the relationship between threading options of > format-patch and send-email easier to grasp. Yes, it does. > Signed-off-by: Yann Dirson <ydirson@xxxxxxxxxx> > --- > Documentation/git-format-patch.txt | 22 +++++++++++++++------- > Documentation/git-send-email.txt | 21 ++++++++++++++++----- > 2 files changed, 31 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt b/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt > index 6f1fc80..687e667 100644 > --- a/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt > +++ b/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt > @@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ SYNOPSIS > -------- > [verse] > 'git format-patch' [-k] [(-o|--output-directory) <dir> | --stdout] > - [--thread[=<style>]] > + [--no-thread | --thread[=<style>]] > [(--attach|--inline)[=<boundary>] | --no-attach] > [-s | --signoff] > [-n | --numbered | -N | --no-numbered] > @@ -124,17 +124,25 @@ include::diff-options.txt[] > second part, with "Content-Disposition: inline". > > --thread[=<style>]:: > - Add In-Reply-To and References headers to make the second and > - subsequent mails appear as replies to the first. Also generates > - the Message-Id header to reference. > +--no-thread:: > + Controls addition of In-Reply-To and References headers to > + make the second and subsequent mails appear as replies to the > + first. Also controls generation of the Message-Id header to > + reference. > + > The optional <style> argument can be either `shallow` or `deep`. > 'shallow' threading makes every mail a reply to the head of the > series, where the head is chosen from the cover letter, the > `\--in-reply-to`, and the first patch mail, in this order. 'deep' > -threading makes every mail a reply to the previous one. If not > -specified, defaults to the 'format.thread' configuration, or `shallow` > -if that is not set. > +threading makes every mail a reply to the previous one. > ++ > +The default is --no-thread, unless the 'format.thread' configuration > +is set. If --thread is specified without a style, it defaults to the > +style specified by 'format.thread' if any, or else `shallow`. > ++ > +Beware that the default for 'git send-email' is to thread emails > +itself. If you want 'git format-patch' to take care of hreading, you ^^^^^^^^ threading I guess Junio can squash this in. > +will want to ensure that threading is disabled for 'git send-email'. > > --in-reply-to=Message-Id:: > Make the first mail (or all the mails with --no-thread) appear as a -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html