From: Eddie Kovsky <ewk@edkovsky.org>
To: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
Cc: linux-doc@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
Darren Hart <dvhart@infradead.org>
Subject: [PATCH 2/3] Documentation: Add note on sending files directly with Mutt
Date: Thu, 5 Nov 2015 23:23:01 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20151106062301.GA16408@athena> (raw)
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>
---
Documentation/email-clients.txt | 4 ++++
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)
diff --git a/Documentation/email-clients.txt b/Documentation/email-clients.txt
index ca38031c4762..d11c20b0e897 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:
--
2.6.2
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