NAME

       stg-refresh - Generate a new commit for the current patch

SYNOPSIS

       stg refresh [options] [--] [<files or dirs>]

DESCRIPTION

       Include the latest work tree and index changes in the current patch. This command
       generates a new git commit object for the patch; the old commit is no longer visible.

       Refresh will warn if the index is dirty, and require use of either the --index or --force
       options to override this check. This is to prevent accidental full refresh when only some
       changes were staged using git add interative mode.

       You may optionally list one or more files or directories relative to the current working
       directory; if you do, only matching files will be updated.

       Behind the scenes, stg refresh first creates a new temporary patch with your updates, and
       then merges that patch into the patch you asked to have refreshed. If you asked to refresh
       a patch other than the topmost patch, there can be conflicts; in that case, the temporary
       patch will be left for you to take care of, for example with stg squash.

       The creation of the temporary patch is recorded in a separate entry in the patch stack
       log; this means that one undo step will undo the merge between the other patch and the
       temp patch, and two undo steps will additionally get rid of the temp patch.

OPTIONS

       -u, --update
           Only update the current patch files.

       -i, --index
           Instead of setting the patch top to the current contents of the worktree, set it to
           the current contents of the index.

       -F, --force
           Instead of warning the user when some work has already been staged (such as with git
           add interactive mode) force a full refresh.

       -p PATCH, --patch PATCH
           Refresh (applied) PATCH instead of the top patch.

       -e, --edit
           Invoke an editor for the patch description.

       -a NOTE, --annotate NOTE
           Annotate the patch log entry.

       -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.

       --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.

STGIT

       Part of the StGit suite - see stg(1)