Re: [PATCH] Documentation: format-patch has no --mbox option

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Junio C Hamano <junkio@xxxxxxx> writes:

> Frank Lichtenheld <frank@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
>
>> git-applymbox and git-mailinfo refer to a --mbox
>> option of git-format-patch. But there is no such
>> option AFAICT. mbox output can produced with
>> format-patch --stdout.
>>
>> This patch only replaces --mbox with --stdout.
>> Some further explanation and/or format-patch
>> arguments (e.g. -k) might be needed.
>
> I would agree.  "Reads single mbox with one or more patches in
> it, without munging the subject line" is what it really does, so
> we obviously mean "--stdout -k >mbox" here.

Come to think of it, "no munging of Subject lines" is orthogonal
to the number of patches in a file, so it should say that the
option corresponds to -k in format-patch, I think.

So, I think we can just do s/--mbox/-k/, instead of s/--mbox/--stdout/
which is what you did.


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