NAME
stg-publish - Push the stack changes to a merge-friendly branch
SYNOPSIS
stg publish [options] [branch]
DESCRIPTION
This command commits a set of changes on a separate (called public)
branch based on the modifications of the given or current stack. The
history of the public branch is not re-written, making it
merge-friendly and feasible for publishing. The heads of the stack and
public branch may be different but the corresponding tree objects are
always the same.
If the trees of the stack and public branch are different (otherwise
the command has no effect), StGit first checks for a rebase of the
stack since the last publishing. If a rebase is detected, StGit creates
a commit on the public branch corresponding to a merge between the new
stack base and the latest public head.
If no rebasing was detected, StGit checks for new patches that may have
been created on top of the stack since the last publishing. If new
patches are found and are not empty, they are checked into the public
branch keeping the same commit information (e.g. log message, author,
committer, date).
If the above tests fail (e.g. patches modified or removed), StGit
creates a new commit on the public branch having the same tree as the
stack but the public head as its parent. The editor will be invoked if
no "--message" option is given.
It is recommended that stack modifications falling in different
categories as described above are separated by a publish command in
order to keep the public branch history cleaner (otherwise StGit would
generate a big commit including several stack modifications).
The public branch name can be set via the branch.<branch>.public
configuration variable (defaulting to "<branch>.public").
OPTIONS
-b BRANCH, --branch BRANCH
Use BRANCH instead of the default branch.
--author "NAME <EMAIL>"
Set the author details.
--authname NAME
Set the author name.
--authemail EMAIL
Set the author email.
--authdate DATE
Set the author date.
-m MESSAGE, --message MESSAGE
Use MESSAGE instead of invoking the editor.
-f FILE, --file FILE
Use the contents of FILE instead of invoking the editor. (If FILE
is "-", write to stdout.)
--sign
Add a "Signed-off-by:" to the end of the patch.
--ack
Add an "Acked-by:" line to the end of the patch.
STGIT
Part of the StGit suite - see linkman:stg[1]