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.SH "NAME"
stg-new \- Create a new, empty patch
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.sp
.nf
\fIstg\fR new [options] [\-\-] [<name>]
.fi
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
Create a new, empty patch on the current stack\&. The new patch is created on top of the currently applied patches, and is made the new top of the stack\&. Uncommitted changes in the work tree are not included in the patch \(em that is handled by \fBstg-refresh\fR(1)\&.

The given name must be unique in the stack, and may only contain alphanumeric characters, dashes and underscores\&. If no name is given, one is generated from the first line of the patch\(cqs commit message\&.

An editor will be launched to edit the commit message to be used for the patch, unless the \fI\-\-message\fR flag already specified one\&. The \fIpatchdescr\&.tmpl\fR template file (if available) is used to pre\-fill the editor\&.
.SH "OPTIONS"
.PP
\-\-author "NAME <EMAIL>"
.RS 4
Set the author details\&.
.RE
.PP
\-\-authname NAME
.RS 4
Set the author name\&.
.RE
.PP
\-\-authemail EMAIL
.RS 4
Set the author email\&.
.RE
.PP
\-\-authdate DATE
.RS 4
Set the author date\&.
.RE
.PP
\-m MESSAGE, \-\-message MESSAGE
.RS 4
Use MESSAGE instead of invoking the editor\&.
.RE
.PP
\-f FILE, \-\-file FILE
.RS 4
Use the contents of FILE instead of invoking the editor\&. (If FILE is "\-", write to stdout\&.)
.RE
.PP
\-\-save\-template FILE
.RS 4
Instead of running the command, just write the message template to FILE, and exit\&. (If FILE is "\-", write to stdout\&.)

When driving StGit from another program, it is often useful to first call a command with \fI\-\-save\-template\fR, then let the user edit the message, and then call the same command with \fI\-\-file\fR\&.
.RE
.PP
\-\-sign
.RS 4
Add a "Signed\-off\-by:" to the end of the patch\&.
.RE
.PP
\-\-ack
.RS 4
Add an "Acked\-by:" line to the end of the patch\&.
.RE
.SH "STGIT"
Part of the StGit suite \- see \fBstg\fR(1)