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@@ -53,17 +53,15 @@ positional arguments:
optional arguments:
-h, --help show this help message and exit
-o OUTDIR, --outdir OUTDIR
- Output into this directory
+ Output into this directory (or use - to output mailbox contents to stdout)
-p USEPROJECT, --use-project USEPROJECT
- Use a specific project instead of guessing (linux-mm,
- linux-hardening, etc)
+ Use a specific project instead of guessing (linux-mm, linux-hardening, etc)
-c, --check-newer-revisions
Check if newer patch revisions exist
-n WANTNAME, --mbox-name WANTNAME
Filename to name the mbox file
-m LOCALMBOX, --use-local-mbox LOCALMBOX
- Instead of grabbing a thread from lore, process this
- mbox file
+ Instead of grabbing a thread from lore, process this mbox file
-C, --no-cache Do not use local cache
*Example*: b4 mbox 20200313231252.64999-1-keescook@chromium.org
@@ -79,17 +77,15 @@ positional arguments:
optional arguments:
-h, --help show this help message and exit
-o OUTDIR, --outdir OUTDIR
- Output into this directory
+ Output into this directory (or use - to output mailbox contents to stdout)
-p USEPROJECT, --use-project USEPROJECT
- Use a specific project instead of guessing (linux-mm,
- linux-hardening, etc)
+ Use a specific project instead of guessing (linux-mm, linux-hardening, etc)
-c, --check-newer-revisions
Check if newer patch revisions exist
-n WANTNAME, --mbox-name WANTNAME
Filename to name the mbox file
-m LOCALMBOX, --use-local-mbox LOCALMBOX
- Instead of grabbing a thread from lore, process this
- mbox file
+ Instead of grabbing a thread from lore, process this mbox file
-C, --no-cache Do not use local cache
-v WANTVER, --use-version WANTVER
Get a specific version of the patch/series
@@ -103,14 +99,14 @@ optional arguments:
-l, --add-link Add a lore.kernel.org/r/ link to every patch
-Q, --quilt-ready Save mbox patches in a quilt-ready folder
-P CHERRYPICK, --cherry-pick CHERRYPICK
- Cherry-pick a subset of patches (e.g. "-P 1-2,4,6-",
- "-P _" to use just the msgid specified,
- or "-P \*globbing\*" to match on commit subject)
+ Cherry-pick a subset of patches (e.g. "-P 1-2,4,6-", "-P _" to use just the msgid specified, or "-P \*globbing\*" to match on commit subject)
-g, --guess-base
Try to guess the base of the series (if not specified)
-3, --prep-3way
- Prepare for a 3-way merge (tries to ensure that all
- index blobs exist by making a fake commit range)
+ Prepare for a 3-way merge (tries to ensure that all index blobs exist by making a fake commit range)
+ --no-cover
+ Do not save the cover letter (on by default when using -o -)
+
*Example*: b4 am 20200313231252.64999-1-keescook@chromium.org
@@ -126,11 +122,10 @@ optional arguments:
-h, --help show this help message and exit
-f SENDER, --from SENDER
Use a custom From field
- -n, --no-submit Do not submit attestation, just save the message ready
- to send
+ -n, --no-submit
+ Do not submit attestation, just save the message ready to send
-o OUTPUT, --output OUTPUT
- Save attestation message in this file if not
- submitting it
+ Save attestation message in this file if not submitting it
*Example*: b4 attest -n -o output/xxxx-attestation.patch output/\*.patch
@@ -151,8 +146,7 @@ optional arguments:
-c, --check Check if pull request has already been applied
-e, --explode Convert a pull request into an mbox full of patches
-o OUTMBOX, --output-mbox OUTMBOX
- Save exploded messages into this mailbox (default:
- msgid.mbx)
+ Save exploded messages into this mailbox (default: msgid.mbx)
*Example*: b4 pr 202003292120.2BDCB41@keescook
@@ -208,7 +202,7 @@ optional arguments:
-m AMBOX AMBOX, --compare-am-mboxes AMBOX AMBOX
Compare two mbx files prepared with "b4 am"
-*Example*: b4 diff
+*Example*: b4 diff 20200526205322.23465-1-mic@digikod.net
CONFIGURATION
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