Re: [PATCH] Doc format-patch: clarify --notes use case

2012-10-26 Thread Jeff King
On Thu, Oct 25, 2012 at 11:48:04PM +0100, Philip Oakley wrote: +the commit that does not belong to the commit log message proper, +and include it with the patch submission. While one can simply write +these explanations after `format-patch` has run but before sending, +keeping them as git

Re: [PATCH] Doc format-patch: clarify --notes use case

2012-10-25 Thread Jeff King
On Sun, Oct 21, 2012 at 10:34:10PM +0100, Philip Oakley wrote: The expected use case of this is to write supporting explanation for -the commit that does not belong to the commit log message proper -when (or after) you create the commit, and include it in your patch -submission. But if you

[PATCH] Doc format-patch: clarify --notes use case

2012-10-21 Thread Philip Oakley
Remove double negative, and include the repeat usage across versions of a patch series. Signed-off-by: Philip Oakley philipoak...@iee.org --- Documentation/git-format-patch.txt | 11 --- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt