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author | Eric Wong <e@80x24.org> | 2021-09-27 04:59:31 +0000 |
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committer | Eric Wong <e@80x24.org> | 2021-09-27 09:22:48 +0000 |
commit | 751df49e7db8ba770dff28fb701b31c57ca200e2 (patch) | |
tree | f0a23f5e061481a72adf9bdf5f2983e28092d537 /Documentation | |
parent | c5b8b0cbc72b8133c70d68668047219342e886d1 (diff) | |
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More switches which can be useful for users who pipe from text editors. --drq can be helpful while writing patch review email replies, and perhaps --dequote-only, too.
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diff --git a/Documentation/lei-rediff.pod b/Documentation/lei-rediff.pod index f34e946f..e711de97 100644 --- a/Documentation/lei-rediff.pod +++ b/Documentation/lei-rediff.pod @@ -38,6 +38,33 @@ to C<lei rediff> before piping it to L<git-am(1)>. The output of C<lei rediff> is compatible with C<git am> if its input was a patch email. +=item --drq[=COUNT] + +De-Re-Quote. De-quote the input and re-quotes (the output). +Removes COUNT levels of C<E<gt> > email reply prefixes and +re-adds them upon regenerating the diff. + +This switch is intended as a convenience for running inside a +pipe-capable text editor when writing replies to a patch email. +Note: this may over-add C<E<gt> > prefixes if some input lines +are missing C<E<gt> > prefixes. + +COUNT is 1 if unspecified; in other words, C<--drq=1> and +C<--drq> are equivalent. + +It implies L</--quiet> unless L</--verbose> is specified +since text editors tend to combine stderr with stdout. + +=item --dequote-only[=COUNT] + +Like L</--drq>, but does not re-add quote prefixes to the output. + +This can be useful for feeding a hunk to L<git-apply(1)> +or L<patch(1)> while writing a reply or further processing +by another diff viewer. + +Unlike L</--drq>, it does NOT implies L</--quiet>. + =item --git-dir=DIR Specify an additional .git/ directory to scan. This option may be |