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| author | Eddie Kovsky <ewk@edkovsky.org> | 2015-11-05 23:23:01 -0700 |
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| committer | Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net> | 2015-11-11 10:54:34 -0700 |
| commit | 803cfe2635cff6ea2147dc1065b5bd0bb98c6394 (patch) | |
| tree | 40a9b72a339892e265fd5e602032eb563699d647 /Documentation | |
| parent | 0214503c5b42d05f146ede6d0bbf49265eca2909 (diff) | |
Documentation: Add note on sending files directly with Mutt
Like 'git send-email', Mutt can also be used to send patches generated
with 'git format-patch'. This works regardless of the editor the
contributor has set up to use with Mutt.
Signed-off-by: Eddie Kovsky <ewk@edkovsky.org>
Reviewed-by: Darren Hart <dvhart@infradead.org>
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/email-clients.txt | 4 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/email-clients.txt b/Documentation/email-clients.txt index 3fa450881ecb..3c2f7acf5701 100644 --- a/Documentation/email-clients.txt +++ b/Documentation/email-clients.txt @@ -176,6 +176,10 @@ To use 'vim' with mutt: if you want to include the patch inline. (a)ttach works fine without "set paste". +You can also generate patches with 'git format-patch' and then use Mutt +to send them: + $ mutt -H 0001-some-bug-fix.patch + Config options: It should work with default settings. However, it's a good idea to set the "send_charset" to: |