X-Git-Url: https://git.octo.it/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=git-format-patch.sh;h=7ee5d328c0324cc29a0f93a9ff4d9f8a8e19891e;hb=10bea152a34b2bf1194ede5e0c9e5595ab2100f3;hp=0207ab18a3876249a928e7539d8f594a4f6921f1;hpb=1301c6eb412e7c5511b952a12e42c70ad56f028b;p=git.git

diff --git a/git-format-patch.sh b/git-format-patch.sh
index 0207ab18..7ee5d328 100755
--- a/git-format-patch.sh
+++ b/git-format-patch.sh
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 usage () {
     echo >&2 "usage: $0"' [-n] [-o dir | --stdout] [--keep-subject] [--mbox]
     [--check] [--signoff] [-<diff options>...]
+    [--help]
     ( from..to ... | upstream [ our-head ] )
 
 Prepare each commit with its patch since our-head forked from upstream,
@@ -63,6 +64,9 @@ do
     --output-directo|--output-director|--output-directory)
     case "$#" in 1) usage ;; esac; shift
     outdir="$1" ;;
+    -h|--h|--he|--hel|--help)
+        usage
+	;;
     -*' '* | -*"$LF"* | -*'	'*)
 	# Ignore diff option that has whitespace for now.
 	;;
@@ -92,11 +96,18 @@ filelist=$tmp-files
 # 3. "rev1" "rev2	is equivalent to "rev1..rev2"
 #
 # We want to take a sequence of "rev1..rev2" in general.
+# Also, "rev1.." should mean "rev1..HEAD"; git-diff users are
+# familiar with that syntax.
 
 case "$#,$1" in
 1,?*..?*)
 	# single "rev1..rev2"
 	;;
+1,?*..)
+	# single "rev1.." should mean "rev1..HEAD"
+	set x "$1"HEAD
+	shift
+	;;
 1,*)
 	# single rev1
 	set x "$1..HEAD"
@@ -190,7 +201,7 @@ process_one () {
 	    ;;
 	esac
 
-	eval "$(sed -ne "$whosepatchScript" $commsg)"
+	eval "$(LANG=C LC_ALL=C sed -ne "$whosepatchScript" $commsg)"
 	test "$author,$au" = ",$me" || {
 		mailScript="$mailScript"'
 	a\