Recommend git format-patch -M (detect renames) and origin..

The latter doesn't strictly matter, but it's easier to see what's
going on with those two dots.

diff --git a/pod/perlrepository.pod b/pod/perlrepository.pod
index 8ee8192..3211318 100644 (file)
--- a/pod/perlrepository.pod
+++ b/pod/perlrepository.pod
@@ -352,7 +352,7 @@ itself you can fix it up by editing the files once more and then issue:
 
 Now you should create a patch file for all your local changes:
 
-  % git format-patch origin
+  % git format-patch -M origin..
   0001-Rename-Leon-Brocard-to-Orange-Brocard.patch
 
 You should now send an email to either perlbug@perl.org or