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:
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From: A U Thor <[email protected]> Date: creation date
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Patch description
If --diff was specified, the diff appears at the bottom, after a separator:
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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.
With --set-tree you set the git tree of the patch to the specified TREE-ISH without changing the tree of any other patches. When used on the top patch, the index and work tree will be updated to match the tree. This low-level option is primarily meant to be used by tools built on top of StGit, such as the Emacs mode. See also the --set-tree flag of stg push.
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
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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".
-t TREE-ISH, --set-tree TREE-ISH
- Set the git tree of the patch to TREE-ISH.