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authorAndreas Gruenbacher <agruen@suse.de>2007-06-05 15:40:33 +0000
committerAndreas Gruenbacher <agruen@suse.de>2007-06-05 15:40:33 +0000
commitc4ed0bacb695ee3c60e6960ea4d3915a50466f53 (patch)
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parentbd1dfdab48e3cda765b37efa7d61fb51ae113b4a (diff)
downloadquilt-c4ed0bacb695ee3c60e6960ea4d3915a50466f53.tar.gz
- Man page improvements from Ben Pfaff <blp@cs.stanford.edu>.
- QUILT_SERIES and series file search algorithm bugfix.
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diff --git a/doc/quilt.1.in b/doc/quilt.1.in
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@@ -80,8 +80,8 @@ when doing a refresh. (This is limited to patches in unified format; see
.B diff
documentation).
-The series file is looked up in the root of the source tree, in the patches
-directory, and in the .pc directory. The first series file that is found is
+The series file is looked up in the .pc directory, in the root of the source
+tree, and in the patches directory. The first series file that is found is
used. This may also be a symbolic link, or a file with multiple hard links.
Usually, only one series file is used for a set of patches, so the
patches sub-directory is a convenient location.
@@ -176,6 +176,11 @@ methods ("-r1", "-r2").
The location of patch files, defaulting to "patches".
+.IP QUILT_SERIES 4
+
+The name of the series file, defaulting to "series". Unless an absolute path
+is used, the search algorithm described above applies.
+
.IP QUILT_PATCHES_PREFIX 4
If set to anything, quilt will prefix patch names it prints with their