- This flag generates the mbox formatted output to the
- standard output, instead of saving them into a file per
- patch and implies --mbox.
+ Print all commits to the standard output in mbox format,
+ instead of creating a file for each one.
+
+--attach::
+ Create attachments instead of inlining patches.
+
+
+CONFIGURATION
+-------------
+You can specify extra mail header lines to be added to each
+message in the repository configuration as follows:
+
+[format]
+ headers = "Organization: git-foo\n"
+
+
+EXAMPLES
+--------
+
+git-format-patch -k --stdout R1..R2 | git-am -3 -k::
+ Extract commits between revisions R1 and R2, and apply
+ them on top of the current branch using `git-am` to
+ cherry-pick them.
+
+git-format-patch origin::
+ Extract all commits which are in the current branch but
+ not in the origin branch. For each commit a separate file
+ is created in the current directory.
+
+git-format-patch -M -B origin::
+ The same as the previous one. Additionally, it detects
+ and handles renames and complete rewrites intelligently to
+ produce a renaming patch. A renaming patch reduces the
+ amount of text output, and generally makes it easier to
+ review it. Note that the "patch" program does not
+ understand renaming patches, so use it only when you know
+ the recipient uses git to apply your patch.
+
+
+See Also
+--------
+gitlink:git-am[1], gitlink:git-send-email[1]
+