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stg-edit

NAME

stg-edit - edit a patch description or diff

SYNOPSIS

 stg edit [options] [<patch>]
 

DESCRIPTION

Edit the description and author information of the given patch (or the current patch if no patch name was given). With --diff, also edit the diff.

The editor is invoked with the following contents:

 From: A U Thor <author@example.com>
 Date: creation date
 

 Patch description
 

If --diff was specified, the diff appears at the bottom, after a separator:

 ---
 

 Diff text
 

Command-line options can be used to modify specific information without invoking the editor. (With the --edit option, the editor is invoked even if such command-line options are given.)

If the patch diff is edited but does not apply, no changes are made to the patch at all. The edited patch is saved to a file which you can feed to "stg edit --file", once you have made sure it does apply.

OPTIONS

-d, --diff

Edit the patch diff.

-e, --edit

Invoke interactive editor.

--sign

Add a "Signed-off-by:" to the end of the patch.

--ack

Add an "Acked-by:" line to the end of the patch.

-m MESSAGE, --message MESSAGE

Use MESSAGE instead of invoking the editor.

-f FILE, --file FILE

Use the contents of FILE instead of invoking the editor. (If FILE is "-", write to stdout.)

--save-template FILE

Instead of running the command, just write the message template to FILE, and exit. (If FILE is "-", write to stdout.)
When driving StGit from another program, it is often useful to first call a command with --save-template, then let the user edit the message, and then call the same command with --file.

--author "NAME <EMAIL>"

Set the author details.

--authname NAME

Set the author name.

--authemail EMAIL

Set the author email.

--authdate DATE

Set the author date.

-O OPTIONS, --diff-opts OPTIONS

Extra options to pass to "git diff".

STGIT

Part of the StGit suite - see linkman:stg[1]