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+format.attach::
+ Enable multipart/mixed attachments as the default for
+ 'format-patch'. The value can also be a double quoted string
+ which will enable attachments as the default and set the
+ value as the boundary. See the --attach option in
+ linkgit:git-format-patch[1]. To countermand an earlier
+ value, set it to an empty string.
+
+format.from::
+ Provides the default value for the `--from` option to format-patch.
+ Accepts a boolean value, or a name and email address. If false,
+ format-patch defaults to `--no-from`, using commit authors directly in
+ the "From:" field of patch mails. If true, format-patch defaults to
+ `--from`, using your committer identity in the "From:" field of patch
+ mails and including a "From:" field in the body of the patch mail if
+ different. If set to a non-boolean value, format-patch uses that
+ value instead of your committer identity. Defaults to false.
+
+format.forceInBodyFrom::
+ Provides the default value for the `--[no-]force-in-body-from`
+ option to format-patch. Defaults to false.
+
+format.numbered::
+ A boolean which can enable or disable sequence numbers in patch
+ subjects. It defaults to "auto" which enables it only if there
+ is more than one patch. It can be enabled or disabled for all
+ messages by setting it to "true" or "false". See --numbered
+ option in linkgit:git-format-patch[1].
+
+format.headers::
+ Additional email headers to include in a patch to be submitted
+ by mail. See linkgit:git-format-patch[1].
+
+format.to::
+format.cc::
+ Additional recipients to include in a patch to be submitted
+ by mail. See the --to and --cc options in
+ linkgit:git-format-patch[1].
+
+format.subjectPrefix::
+ The default for format-patch is to output files with the '[PATCH]'
+ subject prefix. Use this variable to change that prefix.
+
+format.coverFromDescription::
+ The default mode for format-patch to determine which parts of
+ the cover letter will be populated using the branch's
+ description. See the `--cover-from-description` option in
+ linkgit:git-format-patch[1].
+
+format.signature::
+ The default for format-patch is to output a signature containing
+ the Git version number. Use this variable to change that default.
+ Set this variable to the empty string ("") to suppress
+ signature generation.
+
+format.signatureFile::
+ Works just like format.signature except the contents of the
+ file specified by this variable will be used as the signature.
+
+format.suffix::
+ The default for format-patch is to output files with the suffix
+ `.patch`. Use this variable to change that suffix (make sure to
+ include the dot if you want it).
+
+format.encodeEmailHeaders::
+ Encode email headers that have non-ASCII characters with
+ "Q-encoding" (described in RFC 2047) for email transmission.
+ Defaults to true.
+
+format.pretty::
+ The default pretty format for log/show/whatchanged command.
+ See linkgit:git-log[1], linkgit:git-show[1],
+ linkgit:git-whatchanged[1].
+
+format.thread::
+ The default threading style for 'git format-patch'. Can be
+ a boolean value, or `shallow` or `deep`. `shallow` threading
+ makes every mail a reply to the head of the series,
+ where the head is chosen from the cover letter, the
+ `--in-reply-to`, and the first patch mail, in this order.
+ `deep` threading makes every mail a reply to the previous one.
+ A true boolean value is the same as `shallow`, and a false
+ value disables threading.
+
+format.signOff::
+ A boolean value which lets you enable the `-s/--signoff` option of
+ format-patch by default. *Note:* Adding the `Signed-off-by` trailer to a
+ patch should be a conscious act and means that you certify you have
+ the rights to submit this work under the same open source license.
+ Please see the 'SubmittingPatches' document for further discussion.
+
+format.coverLetter::
+ A boolean that controls whether to generate a cover-letter when
+ format-patch is invoked, but in addition can be set to "auto", to
+ generate a cover-letter only when there's more than one patch.
+ Default is false.
+
+format.outputDirectory::
+ Set a custom directory to store the resulting files instead of the
+ current working directory. All directory components will be created.
+
+format.filenameMaxLength::
+ The maximum length of the output filenames generated by the
+ `format-patch` command; defaults to 64. Can be overridden
+ by the `--filename-max-length=<n>` command line option.
+
+format.useAutoBase::
+ A boolean value which lets you enable the `--base=auto` option of
+ format-patch by default. Can also be set to "whenAble" to allow
+ enabling `--base=auto` if a suitable base is available, but to skip
+ adding base info otherwise without the format dying.
+
+format.notes::
+ Provides the default value for the `--notes` option to
+ format-patch. Accepts a boolean value, or a ref which specifies
+ where to get notes. If false, format-patch defaults to
+ `--no-notes`. If true, format-patch defaults to `--notes`. If
+ set to a non-boolean value, format-patch defaults to
+ `--notes=<ref>`, where `ref` is the non-boolean value. Defaults
+ to false.
++
+If one wishes to use the ref `ref/notes/true`, please use that literal
+instead.
++
+This configuration can be specified multiple times in order to allow
+multiple notes refs to be included. In that case, it will behave
+similarly to multiple `--[no-]notes[=]` options passed in. That is, a
+value of `true` will show the default notes, a value of `<ref>` will
+also show notes from that notes ref and a value of `false` will negate
+previous configurations and not show notes.
++
+For example,
++
+------------
+[format]
+ notes = true
+ notes = foo
+ notes = false
+ notes = bar
+------------
++
+will only show notes from `refs/notes/bar`.
+
+format.mboxrd::
+ A boolean value which enables the robust "mboxrd" format when
+ `--stdout` is in use to escape "^>+From " lines.
+
+format.noprefix::
+ If set, do not show any source or destination prefix in patches.
+ This is equivalent to the `diff.noprefix` option used by `git
+ diff` (but which is not respected by `format-patch`). Note that
+ by setting this, the receiver of any patches you generate will
+ have to apply them using the `-p0` option.