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diff --git a/third_party/git/Documentation/git-quiltimport.txt b/third_party/git/Documentation/git-quiltimport.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..70562dc4c0 --- /dev/null +++ b/third_party/git/Documentation/git-quiltimport.txt @@ -0,0 +1,64 @@ +git-quiltimport(1) +================== + +NAME +---- +git-quiltimport - Applies a quilt patchset onto the current branch + + +SYNOPSIS +-------- +[verse] +'git quiltimport' [--dry-run | -n] [--author <author>] [--patches <dir>] + [--series <file>] [--keep-non-patch] + + +DESCRIPTION +----------- +Applies a quilt patchset onto the current Git branch, preserving +the patch boundaries, patch order, and patch descriptions present +in the quilt patchset. + +For each patch the code attempts to extract the author from the +patch description. If that fails it falls back to the author +specified with --author. If the --author flag was not given +the patch description is displayed and the user is asked to +interactively enter the author of the patch. + +If a subject is not found in the patch description the patch name is +preserved as the 1 line subject in the Git description. + +OPTIONS +------- + +-n:: +--dry-run:: + Walk through the patches in the series and warn + if we cannot find all of the necessary information to commit + a patch. At the time of this writing only missing author + information is warned about. + +--author Author Name <Author Email>:: + The author name and email address to use when no author + information can be found in the patch description. + +--patches <dir>:: + The directory to find the quilt patches. ++ +The default for the patch directory is patches +or the value of the `$QUILT_PATCHES` environment +variable. + +--series <file>:: + The quilt series file. ++ +The default for the series file is <patches>/series +or the value of the `$QUILT_SERIES` environment +variable. + +--keep-non-patch:: + Pass `-b` flag to 'git mailinfo' (see linkgit:git-mailinfo[1]). + +GIT +--- +Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite |