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Doc User-Manual: Patch cover letter, three dashes, and --notes

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Show that git format-patch can have a cover letter, include patch
commentary below the three dashes, and notes can also be
included.

Signed-off-by: Philip Oakley <philipoakley@iee.org>
Signed-off-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
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@ -1787,6 +1787,13 @@ $ git format-patch origin
will produce a numbered series of files in the current directory, one
for each patch in the current branch but not in origin/HEAD.
`git format-patch` can include an initial "cover letter". You can insert
commentary on individual patches after the three dash line which
`format-patch` places after the commit message but before the patch
itself. If you use `git notes` to track your cover letter material,
`git format-patch --notes` will include the commit's notes in a similar
manner.
You can then import these into your mail client and send them by
hand. However, if you have a lot to send at once, you may prefer to
use the linkgit:git-send-email[1] script to automate the process.