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From: Nicolas Sebrecht <nicolas.s.dev@gmx.fr>
To: skillzero@gmail.com
Cc: git@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: How do gmail users try out patches from this list?
Date: Wed, 12 Aug 2009 00:14:08 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20090811221408.GC12956@vidovic> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <2729632a0908111343v73fa475fqb6353dcf2f718101@mail.gmail.com>

The 11/08/09, skillzero@gmail.com wrote:

> Sorry if this is dumb question, but I didn't see any good info in my searches.
> 
> How do gmail users normally apply patches that come through the list?

It doesn't rely on your address mail provider but on your local email
workflow/MUA.

> Do you just manually copy and paste the email to patch files and use
> git apply? Do you use a tool to export to mbox files and use git am?

Yes, that's what most users do. As I use local maildirs instead of
mailboxes, I copy the patches (from mutt) into a dedicated maildir (one
per project) and directly 'git am' the e-mails.


-- 
Nicolas Sebrecht

  parent reply	other threads:[~2009-08-11 22:14 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2009-08-11 20:43 How do gmail users try out patches from this list? skillzero
2009-08-11 20:47 ` Emmanuel Trillaud
2009-08-11 20:55   ` Sverre Rabbelier
2009-08-11 21:24     ` Emmanuel Trillaud
2009-08-11 20:47 ` Russ Dill
2009-08-11 22:14 ` Nicolas Sebrecht [this message]
2009-08-12  1:17   ` Wesley J. Landaker
2009-08-12  8:23     ` Michael J Gruber
2009-08-12  8:43       ` Mike Ralphson
2009-08-12 13:43       ` Nguyen Thai Ngoc Duy
2009-08-12 12:51 ` Alex Riesen

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