On Mon, Aug 19, 2019 at 10:44:03PM -0400, Eric Sunshine wrote: > On Mon, Aug 19, 2019 at 7:53 PM Denton Liu <liu.den...@gmail.com> wrote: > > In git-format-patch.txt, we were missing some key user information. > > First of all, using the `--to` and `--cc` options don't override > > `format.to` and `format.cc` variables, respectively. They add on to each > > other. Document this. > > This entire paragraph can go away since v2 dropped this change. > > > In addition, document the special value of `--base=auto`. > > > > Next, while we're at it, surround option arguments with <>. > > > > Finally, document the `format.outputDirectory` config and change > > `format.coverletter` to use camel case. > > > > Signed-off-by: Denton Liu <liu.den...@gmail.com> > > --- > > diff --git a/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt > > b/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt > > @@ -314,7 +314,8 @@ you can use `--suffix=-patch` to get > > `0001-description-of-my-change-patch`. > > --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. > > + below for details. If <commit> is "auto", a base commit is > > + automatically chosen. > > Should <commit> be encased in backquotes in the paragraph body?
In this page, it seems like the other instances of <commit> (or most other <text> for that matter) aren't wrapped in backquotes. From checking out the rest of Git's documentation, it seems like it's a mixed bag whether to do this or not. I'm going to leave it as is and hopefully someone who cares enough will make the docs more stylistically uniform.
