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6 stg-edit - Edit a patch description or diff
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9 stg edit [options] [--] [<patch>]
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12 Edit the description and author information of the given patch (or the
13 current patch if no patch name was given). With --diff, also edit the
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16 The editor is invoked with the following contents:
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18 From: A U Thor <author@example.com>
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21 Patch description
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28 Diff text
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30 Command-line options can be used to modify specific information without
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34 If the patch diff is edited but does not apply, no changes are made to
35 the patch at all. The edited patch is saved to a file which you can
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38 With --set-tree you set the git tree of the patch to the specified
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40 the top patch, the index and work tree will be updated to match the
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59 Add a "Reviewed-by:" line to the end of the patch.
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98 Part of the StGit suite - see stg(1)
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