Documentation: avoid poor-man's small caps GIT

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

diff --git a/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt b/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt
index 259dce49945089de03ad2c0ac8ae8e56cfdc04e0..9a914d01597011d6703e6b560d707c221cba177e 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ SYNOPSIS
                   [--start-number <n>] [--numbered-files]
                   [--in-reply-to=Message-Id] [--suffix=.<sfx>]
                   [--ignore-if-in-upstream]
-                  [--subject-prefix=Subject-Prefix]
+                  [--subject-prefix=Subject-Prefix] [(--reroll-count|-v) <n>]
                   [--to=<email>] [--cc=<email>]
                   [--cover-letter] [--quiet] [--notes[=<ref>]]
                   [<common diff options>]
@@ -166,6 +166,15 @@ will want to ensure that threading is disabled for `git send-email`.
        allows for useful naming of a patch series, and can be
        combined with the `--numbered` option.
 
+-v <n>::
+--reroll-count=<n>::
+       Mark the series as the <n>-th iteration of the topic. The
+       output filenames have `v<n>` pretended to them, and the
+       subject prefix ("PATCH" by default, but configurable via the
+       `--subject-prefix` option) has ` v<n>` appended to it.  E.g.
+       `--reroll-count=4` may produce `v4-0001-add-makefile.patch`
+       file that has "Subject: [PATCH v4 1/20] Add makefile" in it.
+
 --to=<email>::
        Add a `To:` header to the email headers. This is in addition
        to any configured headers, and may be used multiple times.