stg-export(1)
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NAME
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stg-export - Export patches to a directory

SYNOPSIS
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[verse]
'stg' export [options] [<patch1>] [<patch2>] [<patch3>..<patch4>]

DESCRIPTION
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Export a range of applied patches to a given directory (defaults to
'patches-<branch>') in a standard unified GNU diff format. A template
file (defaulting to '.git/patchexport.tmpl' or
'~/.stgit/templates/patchexport.tmpl' or
'/usr/share/stgit/templates/patchexport.tmpl') can be used for the
patch format. The following variables are supported in the template
file:

  %(description)s - patch description
  %(shortdescr)s  - the first line of the patch description
  %(longdescr)s   - the rest of the patch description, after the first line
  %(diffstat)s    - the diff statistics
  %(authname)s    - author's name
  %(authemail)s   - author's e-mail
  %(authdate)s    - patch creation date
  %(commname)s    - committer's name
  %(commemail)s   - committer's e-mail

OPTIONS
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-d DIR::
--dir DIR::
        Export patches to DIR instead of the default.

-p::
--patch::
        Append .patch to the patch names.

-e EXTENSION::
--extension EXTENSION::
        Append .EXTENSION to the patch names.

-n::
--numbered::
        Prefix the patch names with order numbers.

-t FILE::
--template FILE::
        Use FILE as a template.

-b BRANCH::
--branch BRANCH::
        Use BRANCH instead of the default branch.

-s::
--stdout::
        Dump the patches to the standard output.

-O OPTIONS::
--diff-opts OPTIONS::
        Extra options to pass to "git diff".

StGit
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Part of the StGit suite - see linkman:stg[1]