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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 linkman:stg[1]

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