From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on dcvr.yhbt.net X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-ASN: AS31976 209.132.176.0/21 X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3.5 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_00, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MSGID_FROM_MTA_HEADER,RP_MATCHES_RCVD shortcircuit=no autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 From: Jeff King Subject: Re: git-format-patch little gripe Date: Sat, 25 Nov 2006 10:39:49 -0500 Message-ID: <20061125153949.GA11136@coredump.intra.peff.net> References: <376237.14965.qm@web31805.mail.mud.yahoo.com> <20061103185026.GA28566@coredump.intra.peff.net> <20061125103033.2ea742d3.seanlkml@sympatico.ca> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 25 Nov 2006 15:40:07 +0000 (UTC) Cc: git@vger.kernel.org Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git@gmane.org Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20061125103033.2ea742d3.seanlkml@sympatico.ca> Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.176.167]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1GnzdE-0001G1-15 for gcvg-git@gmane.org; Sat, 25 Nov 2006 16:39:56 +0100 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S966640AbWKYPjx (ORCPT ); Sat, 25 Nov 2006 10:39:53 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1757923AbWKYPjw (ORCPT ); Sat, 25 Nov 2006 10:39:52 -0500 Received: from 66-23-211-5.clients.speedfactory.net ([66.23.211.5]:9700 "HELO peff.net") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S1757921AbWKYPjw (ORCPT ); Sat, 25 Nov 2006 10:39:52 -0500 Received: (qmail 340 invoked from network); 25 Nov 2006 10:39:57 -0500 Received: from unknown (HELO coredump.intra.peff.net) (10.0.0.2) by 66-23-211-5.clients.speedfactory.net with SMTP; 25 Nov 2006 10:39:57 -0500 Received: by coredump.intra.peff.net (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Sat, 25 Nov 2006 10:39:49 -0500 To: Sean Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org On Sat, Nov 25, 2006 at 10:30:33AM -0500, Sean wrote: > If your mail setup support imap, the patches can be dumped directly into > it rather than having to go through an mbox. For instance you can have > something like this in your ~/.gitconfig: Sure, I could. But if you have a client which supports mboxes, it's probably better to use the mbox. With your solution, I send the patch to the imap server, then fire up the mail client and re-download the patch, possibly mark it up, and then send it out by smtp. The latency increase can be noticeable, especially for big patches and slow imap servers. > To move all the patches into your imap drafts folder to be accessed > by whatever email client you use. Oh come on, Real Men just edit the mbox in vi. :)