git-format-patch: add --no-binary to omit binary changes in the patch.

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

diff --git a/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt b/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt
index 87e491b59e0b5c2c2d9b334f8b9ad7a853b0915f..7548a21d352f0625a114f48c3063612f2a063436 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt
@@ -156,6 +156,12 @@ want a filename like `0001-description-of-my-change.patch`, and
 the first letter does not have to be a dot.  Leaving it empty would
 not add any suffix.
 
+--no-binary::
+       Don't output contents of changes in binary files, just take note
+       that they differ.  Note that this disable the patch to be properly
+       applied.  By default the contents of changes in those files are
+       encoded in the patch.
+
 CONFIGURATION
 -------------
 You can specify extra mail header lines to be added to each message