From 99d2deb20edb3e7633bf319200d54a2b5f984407 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Tomi Ollila Date: Sat, 10 Sep 2011 12:54:30 +0300 Subject: [PATCH] some reasoning for alternative to git-send-email --- patchformatting.mdwn | 4 ++++ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) diff --git a/patchformatting.mdwn b/patchformatting.mdwn index 6ff103a..9f92423 100644 --- a/patchformatting.mdwn +++ b/patchformatting.mdwn @@ -119,6 +119,10 @@ actual patch sending to the mailing list. ### Sending one patch using compatible (emacs) email client. +Sometimes using git-send-email is not possible; It is not installed by +default and you don't have privileges to install it or you are not +able to compile it as it has more build-time requirements as git itself. + One alternative way to send your patches is to use, for example, the 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 -- 2.43.0