STG-EDIT(1)							   StGit Manual 						       STG-EDIT(1)

NAME

       stg-edit - edit a patch description or diff

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:

	   From: A U Thor <author@example.com>
	   Date: creation date

	   Patch description

       If --diff was specified, the diff appears at the bottom, after a separator:

	   ---

	   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.

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
	   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".

STGIT

       Part of the StGit suite - see linkman:stg[1]

StGit								    03/13/2012							       STG-EDIT(1)