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Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] Posting a patch?
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To: Erik Rull <erik.rull@rdsoftware.de>
Cc: Peter Maydell <peter.maydell@linaro.org>, "qemu-devel@nongnu.org" <qemu-devel@nongnu.org>, Anthony Liguori <anthony@codemonkey.ws>

Am 14.05.2012 23:10, schrieb Erik Rull:
> Eric Blake wrote:
>> On 05/14/2012 02:58 PM, Anthony Liguori wrote:
>>> You can also do:
>>>
>>> git send-email --to=qemu-devel@nongnu.org HEAD~1
>>>
>>> Which avoids any clutter.
>>
>> I also like to do:
>>
>> git config sendemail.to=qemu-devel@nongnu.org
>>
>> so I don't have to remember to use --to every time.
>>
>> 'git send-email --cover-letter' gives a nicer cover letter than 'git
>> send-email --compose'; it really bothers me that 'git send-email --help'
>> fails to mention that send-email also understands all options of
>> format-patch.
>>
>
> Thanks for your help. I need to figure out first, why git detects 
> other changes than mine for posting despite a git checkout master, git 
> pull, git reset --hard and make distclean.
> (See previous email)
>
> Best regards,
>
> Erik
>

Hi Erik,

I read your previous mail.

"git diff" shows the un-committed changes in your local git repository.
"git format-patch" formats the latest changes in your local git repository.

If you don't commit your own change to your local git repository,
"git format-patch" will format the latest changes from someone else.

As long as "git diff" shows your changes, there is no use to run "git 
format-patch".

Regards,

Stefan W.