guilt-new(1) - Linux man page

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guilt-new - Create a new patch

guilt-new [-f] [-s] [-e|-m message] <patchname>

Create a new patch and push it on top of the stack. An optional patch description can be supplied either interactively on via the command line.

-f

Force patch creation if there are unrefreshed changes. These changes will get automatically imported into the new patch.
-s: Add a Signed-off-by with your committer identifier string to the patch message.
-e: Edit the patch message interactively. This option can be combined with -s to easily sign off on the patch.
-m <message>: The "<message>" string will used as the commit message. This option can be combined with -s to easily sign off on the patch.
<patchname>: Name of the patch to create. This must be a legal relative pathname string. For example, "foo", "foo/bar", and "foo/bar/foobar" are all valid.

Create a new patch called foobar:

$ guilt-new foobar

Create a patch called foo and supply a patch description interactively:

$ guilt-new -e foo

Create a patch called bar with a provided patch description and sign off on the patch:

$ guilt-new -s -m patch-fu bar

Written by Josef "Jeff" Sipek <jeffpc@josefsipek.net [1] >

Documentation by Josef "Jeff" Sipek <jeffpc@josefsipek.net [1] >

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