From 556fbb57216b119155cdda824c98dc579b8121c8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jim Meyering Date: Thu, 26 Jun 2008 21:03:55 +0200 Subject: * HACKING: use shorter "-1" (over HEAD~1) with git format-patch --- HACKING | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/HACKING b/HACKING index 07026b11c..457048e60 100644 --- a/HACKING +++ b/HACKING @@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ Once your change is committed, you can create a proper patch that includes a log message and authorship information as well as any permissions changes. Use this command to save that single, most-recent change set: - git format-patch --stdout HEAD~1 > DIFF + git format-patch --stdout -1 > DIFF The trouble with this approach is that you've just checked in a change (remember, it's only local) on the "master" branch, and that's where new @@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ It's easy to adjust: edit your files # this can include running "git add NEW" or "git rm BAD" git commit --amend -e -a - git format-patch --stdout HEAD~1 > your-branch.diff + git format-patch --stdout -1 > your-branch.diff That replaces the most recent change-set with the revised one. -- cgit v1.2.3-70-g09d2