stg-import — Import a GNU diff file as a new patch
Synopsis
stg import [options] [--] [<file>|<url>]
Description
Create a new patch and apply the given GNU diff file (or the standard input). By default, the file name is used as the patch name but this can be overridden with the --name option. The patch can either be a normal file with the description at the top or it can have standard mail format, the Subject, From and Date headers being used for generating the patch information. The command can also read series and mbox files.
If a patch does not apply cleanly, the failed diff is written to the .stgit-failed.patch file and an empty StGIT patch is added to the stack.
The patch description has to be separated from the data with a --- line.
Options
- -m, --mail
Import the patch from a standard e-mail file.
- -M, --mbox
Import a series of patches from an mbox file.
- -s, --series
Import a series of patches from a series file or a tar archive.
- -u, --url
Import a patch from a URL.
- -n NAME, --name NAME
Use NAME as the patch name.
- -p N, --strip N
Remove N leading slashes from diff paths (default 1).
- -t, --stripname
Strip numbering and extension from patch name.
- -i, --ignore
Ignore the applied patches in the series.
- --replace
Replace the unapplied patches in the series.
- -b BASE, --base BASE
Use BASE instead of HEAD for file importing.
- --reject
Leave the rejected hunks in corresponding *.rej files.
- -e, --edit
Invoke an editor for the patch description.
- -d, --showdiff
Show the patch content in the editor buffer.
- --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.
- --sign
Add a "Signed-off-by:" to the end of the patch.
- --ack
Add an "Acked-by:" line to the end of the patch.
- --review
Add a "Reviewed-by:" line to the end of the patch.
Stgit
Part of the StGit suite - see stg(1)