docs: mention when increasing http.postBuffer is valuable

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

diff --git a/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt b/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt
index 00bdf9b1251a1df819545f3da758c51cc25d7bfa..0d4f8951bbb1d1df0ebba15d2619d5a39568469d 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt
@@ -333,11 +333,12 @@ you can use `--suffix=-patch` to get `0001-description-of-my-change-patch`.
   Output an all-zero hash in each patch's From header instead
   of the hash of the commit.
 
---base=<commit>::
+--[no-]base[=<commit>]::
        Record the base tree information to identify the state the
        patch series applies to.  See the BASE TREE INFORMATION section
        below for details. If <commit> is "auto", a base commit is
-       automatically chosen.
+       automatically chosen. The `--no-base` option overrides a
+       `format.useAutoBase` configuration.
 
 --root::
        Treat the revision argument as a <revision range>, even if it