(1a) Try to be nice to older C compilers
-We try to support wide range of C compilers to compile
+We try to support a wide range of C compilers to compile
git with. That means that you should not use C99 initializers, even
if a lot of compilers grok it.
place an in-body "From: " line at the beginning to properly attribute
the change to its true author (see (2) above).
+Also notice that a real name is used in the Signed-off-by: line. Please
+don't hide your real name.
+
Some people also put extra tags at the end.
"Acked-by:" says that the patch was reviewed by the person who
patch appropriately.
* Your MUA corrupted your patch; "am" would complain that
- the patch does not apply. Look at .dotest/ subdirectory and
+ the patch does not apply. Look at .git/rebase-apply/ subdirectory and
see what 'patch' file contains and check for the common
corruption patterns mentioned above.
(A Large Angry SCM)
+By default, Thunderbird will both wrap emails as well as flag them as
+being 'format=flowed', both of which will make the resulting email unusable
+by git.
+
Here are some hints on how to successfully submit patches inline using
Thunderbird.
+There are two different approaches. One approach is to configure
+Thunderbird to not mangle patches. The second approach is to use
+an external editor to keep Thunderbird from mangling the patches.
+
+Approach #1 (configuration):
+
+This recipe is current as of Thunderbird 2.0.0.19. Three steps:
+ 1. Configure your mail server composition as plain text
+ Edit...Account Settings...Composition & Addressing,
+ uncheck 'Compose Messages in HTML'.
+ 2. Configure your general composition window to not wrap
+ Edit..Preferences..Composition, wrap plain text messages at 0
+ 3. Disable the use of format=flowed
+ Edit..Preferences..Advanced..Config Editor. Search for:
+ mailnews.send_plaintext_flowed
+ toggle it to make sure it is set to 'false'.
+
+After that is done, you should be able to compose email as you
+otherwise would (cut + paste, git-format-patch | git-imap-send, etc),
+and the patches should not be mangled.
+
+Approach #2 (external editor):
+
This recipe appears to work with the current [*1*] Thunderbird from Suse.
The following Thunderbird extensions are needed:
mail.identity.default.compose_html => false
mail.identity.id?.compose_html => false
+(Lukas Sandström)
+
+There is a script in contrib/thunderbird-patch-inline which can help
+you include patches with Thunderbird in an easy way. To use it, do the
+steps above and then use the script as the external editor.
Gnus
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5) Back in the compose window: add whatever other text you wish to the
message, complete the addressing and subject fields, and press send.
+
+
+Gmail
+-----
+
+Submitting properly formatted patches via Gmail is simple now that
+IMAP support is available. First, edit your ~/.gitconfig to specify your
+account settings:
+
+[imap]
+ folder = "[Gmail]/Drafts"
+ host = imaps://imap.gmail.com
+ user = user@gmail.com
+ pass = p4ssw0rd
+ port = 993
+ sslverify = false
+
+Next, ensure that your Gmail settings are correct. In "Settings" the
+"Use Unicode (UTF-8) encoding for outgoing messages" should be checked.
+
+Once your commits are ready to send to the mailing list, run the following
+command to send the patch emails to your Gmail Drafts folder.
+
+ $ git format-patch -M --stdout origin/master | git imap-send
+
+Go to your Gmail account, open the Drafts folder, find the patch email, fill
+in the To: and CC: fields and send away!