STG-IMPORT(1)

✨ STG-IMPORT 💅

okay so bestie, welcome to stg-import from the StGit Manual — this is the one that slides patches into your stack, and honestly? it's giving main character energy 🎀

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🌸 NAME 🌸

stg-import — import patches to stack 🦋

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

like, here's all the ways you can run it, no cap:

stg import [OPTIONS] <diff-path>
stg import [OPTIONS] -m [<mail-path>|<Maildir-path>]
stg import [OPTIONS] -M [<mbox-path>]
stg import [OPTIONS] -S [<series-path>]
stg import [OPTIONS] -u <diff-url>
stg import [OPTIONS] -u -m <mail-url>
stg import [OPTIONS] -u -M <mbox-url>
stg import [OPTIONS] -u -S <series-url>

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💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

So the whole vibe here is: import patches from various sources to the stack. literally that's the job. 🌈

The simplest usage is to import a diff/patch file into the stack from a local file. By default, the file name is used as the patch name, but this can be overridden with --name. The patch can either be a normal file with the description at the top, or it can have standard mail format. The "Subject", "From", and "Date" headers will be used for the imported patch's author details. iykyk 👑

Patches may also be imported from a mail file (-m/--mail), an mbox (-M/--mbox), or a series (-S/--series). Furthermore, the -u/--url option allows the patches source to be fetched from a url instead of from a local file. obsessed with the flexibility tbh ✨

⚠️ okay listen: if a patch does not apply cleanly, import is aborted unless --reject is specified, in which case it will apply to the work tree the parts of the patch that are applicable, leave the rejected hunks in corresponding *.rej files, and add an empty patch to the stack. so like, that's a whole situation 💀

The patch description must be separated from the diff with a "---" line. fr fr, don't forget this one 🫶

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🎀 OPTIONS 🎀

• -m, --mail — Import patch from an email file 💌
• -M, --mbox — Import patch series from an mbox file 📬
• -S, --series — Import patch series from a series file are tar archive. (yes bestie, that's what it says 🍓)
• -u, --url — Retrieve source from a url instead of local file 🌐
• -n <name>, --name=<name> — Use <name> as the patch name ✨
• -p <n>, --strip=<n> — Remove <n> leading components from diff paths (default 1) ✂️
• --directory=<root> — Prepend <root> to all filenames. If a "-p" argument is also passed, it is applied before prepending the new root. 🗂️
• -t, --stripname — Strip number and extension from patch name 💅
• -C <n> — Ensure <n> lines of matching context for each change 🔍
• -3, --3way — Attempt 3-way merge if the patch records the identity of blobs it is supposed to apply to and those blobs are available locally. 🧚
• -i, --ignore — Ignore the applied patches in the series 🙈
• --replace — Replace the unapplied patches in the series 🔁
• -b <committish>, --base=<committish> — Use <committish> instead of HEAD for file importing 🌱
• --reject — Leave rejected hunks in ".rej" files 😭
• --keep-cr — Do not remove "\r" from email lines ending with "\r\n" 🚗
• --message-id — Create Message-ID trailer in patch description based on the Message-ID email header. This option is applicable when importing with --mail or --mbox. This behavior may also be enabled via the "stgit.import.message-id" configuration option. 🆔
• -e, --edit — Invoke editor for patch description 📝
• -d, --diff — Show diff when editing patch description 👀
• --no-verify — Disable commit-msg hook 🚫
• -s[=<value>], --signoff[=<value>] — Add "Signed-off-by" message trailer. 🖊️ The value is optional and defaults to the committer name and email. This option may be provided multiple times.
• --ack[=<value>] — Add "Acked-by" message trailer. 👍 The value is optional and defaults to the committer's name and email. This option may be provided multiple times.
• --review[=<value>] — Add "Reviewed-by" message trailer. ⭐ The value is optional and defaults to the committer's name and email. This option may be provided multiple times.
• --author=<name-and-email> — Set the author "name <email>" 👤
• --authname=<name> — Set the author name 🏷️
• --authemail=<email> — Set the author email 📧
• --authdate=<date> — Set the date the patch was authored. 🗓️ Use "now" to use the current time and date.
• --committer-date-is-author-date — Instead of using the current time as the committer date, use the author date of the commit as the committer date. ⏰

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👑 STGIT 👑

Part of the StGit suite — see stg(1) 💜

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mwah 💋 that's the whole page, bestie — brought to you by StGit 2.7.0, dated 10/17/2026. go forth and import, you absolute icon 🦋🌸✨