format-patch: Add configuration and off switch for --numbered

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

diff --git a/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt b/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt
index f0617efa0ab5d6c046e2b880a710ab852f1afd6a..92c0ab63b28b99b9acf6df6fb1118e8c0a427837 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ git-format-patch - Prepare patches for e-mail submission
 SYNOPSIS
 --------
 [verse]
-'git-format-patch' [-n | -k] [-o <dir> | --stdout] [--thread]
+'git-format-patch' [-n | -N | -k] [-o <dir> | --stdout] [--thread]
                    [--attach[=<boundary>] | --inline[=<boundary>]]
                    [-s | --signoff] [<common diff options>]
                    [--start-number <n>] [--numbered-files]
@@ -77,6 +77,9 @@ include::diff-options.txt[]
 -n|--numbered::
        Name output in '[PATCH n/m]' format.
 
+-N|--no-numbered::
+       Name output in '[PATCH]' format.
+
 --start-number <n>::
        Start numbering the patches at <n> instead of 1.
 
@@ -142,15 +145,16 @@ not add any suffix.
 
 CONFIGURATION
 -------------
-You can specify extra mail header lines to be added to each
-message in the repository configuration.  You can also specify
-new defaults for the subject prefix and file suffix.
+You can specify extra mail header lines to be added to each message
+in the repository configuration, new defaults for the subject prefix
+and file suffix, and number patches when outputting more than one.
 
 ------------
 [format]
         headers = "Organization: git-foo\n"
         subjectprefix = CHANGE
         suffix = .txt
+        numbered = auto
 ------------