X-Git-Url: https://git.cworth.org/git?p=notmuch-wiki;a=blobdiff_plain;f=patchformatting.mdwn;h=80de9ee154b4f4e6afd51bfbed9d9b2ff2dcc66a;hp=a61c41aca24d67deee34e6732a887e6124856b39;hb=ce3c99ec02d59aef553e28ff510bd1de9eaf1df3;hpb=4f967138b317bc77b0a87b7f02a801707397e9b2 diff --git a/patchformatting.mdwn b/patchformatting.mdwn index a61c41a..80de9ee 100644 --- a/patchformatting.mdwn +++ b/patchformatting.mdwn @@ -76,7 +76,11 @@ you can check with `git log` a 40-char commit-sha1 of the last commit every commit *after* that commit-sha1 will be used to generate patch files... -## Using git send-email to send patches. +## Sending patches + +### Using git send-email + +(This is the preferred way) If you try to execute `git send-email` and you'll get @@ -112,10 +116,10 @@ to your own email address to see how the messages appear in your mailbox. In this phase you can "streamline" your `git send-email` options for actual patch sending to the mailing list. -## Sending one patch using compatible (emacs) email client. +### Sending one patch using compatible (emacs) email client. One alternative way to send your patches is to use, for example, the -emacs mail client you've already used to send mails to notmuch mailing list. +emacs mail client you've already used to send mails to mailing list. In this case you have to be very careful to keep the patch contents unchanged: