stg-export (1)

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    Title: stg-export
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     Date: 03/27/2014
   Manual: StGit Manual
   Source: StGit
 Language: English

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NAME

stg-export - Export patches to a directory

SYNOPSIS

stg export [options] [--] [<patch1>] [<patch2>] [<patch3>..<patch4>]

DESCRIPTION

Export a range of applied patches to a given directory (defaults to patches-<branch>) in a standard unified GNU diff format. A template file (defaulting to .git/patchexport.tmpl or ~/.stgit/templates/patchexport.tmpl or /usr/share/stgit/templates/patchexport.tmpl) can be used for the patch format. The following variables are supported in the template file:

%(description)s - patch description
%(shortdescr)s  - the first line of the patch description
%(longdescr)s   - the rest of the patch description, after the first line
%(diffstat)s    - the diff statistics
%(authname)s    - author's name
%(authemail)s   - author's e-mail
%(authdate)s    - patch creation date
%(commname)s    - committer's name
%(commemail)s   - committer's e-mail

OPTIONS

-d DIR, --dir DIR

Export patches to DIR instead of the default.

-p, --patch

Append .patch to the patch names.

-e EXTENSION, --extension EXTENSION

Append .EXTENSION to the patch names.

-n, --numbered

Prefix the patch names with order numbers.

-t FILE, --template FILE

Use FILE as a template.

-b BRANCH, --branch BRANCH

Use BRANCH instead of the default branch.

-s, --stdout

Dump the patches to the standard output.

-O OPTIONS, --diff-opts OPTIONS

Extra options to pass to "git diff".

STGIT

Part of the StGit suite - see stg(1)