From c4ed0bacb695ee3c60e6960ea4d3915a50466f53 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Andreas Gruenbacher Date: Tue, 5 Jun 2007 15:40:33 +0000 Subject: - Man page improvements from Ben Pfaff . - QUILT_SERIES and series file search algorithm bugfix. --- doc/quilt.1.in | 9 +++++++-- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) (limited to 'doc') diff --git a/doc/quilt.1.in b/doc/quilt.1.in index 69c2e28..29dd63a 100644 --- a/doc/quilt.1.in +++ b/doc/quilt.1.in @@ -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 -- cgit