From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Nicolas Sebrecht Subject: Re: How do gmail users try out patches from this list? Date: Wed, 12 Aug 2009 00:14:08 +0200 Message-ID: <20090811221408.GC12956@vidovic> References: <2729632a0908111343v73fa475fqb6353dcf2f718101@mail.gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: git@vger.kernel.org To: skillzero@gmail.com X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Wed Aug 12 00:14:25 2009 Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git-2@gmane.org Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.176.167]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1Mazbr-0003tJ-8U for gcvg-git-2@gmane.org; Wed, 12 Aug 2009 00:14:23 +0200 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1755486AbZHKWON (ORCPT ); Tue, 11 Aug 2009 18:14:13 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1755328AbZHKWON (ORCPT ); Tue, 11 Aug 2009 18:14:13 -0400 Received: from ey-out-2122.google.com ([74.125.78.25]:34352 "EHLO ey-out-2122.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753260AbZHKWOM (ORCPT ); Tue, 11 Aug 2009 18:14:12 -0400 Received: by ey-out-2122.google.com with SMTP id 9so1140159eyd.37 for ; Tue, 11 Aug 2009 15:14:13 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:sender:date:from:to:cc :subject:message-id:references:mime-version:content-type :content-disposition:in-reply-to:user-agent; bh=diHubsTK2z1KtjGwbLMZsZEAhvQacTeBjQ2+iubfIrE=; b=oL7tbO01FV8yWyjSZH6obZobzXZRtkucr5uUtPfec1sslxCgoA7dUH0X4HQm51nxC6 zMmZ8SvyxI30CL4FuITrUU4LeH+ufaW5S8l/fxOEOK3cVeT72CpOqzaCWJpn6qMTUb9O APrjVOKPTODqLvIzT7uJgBuxPf2Y1/tMZcAW0= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=sender:date:from:to:cc:subject:message-id:references:mime-version :content-type:content-disposition:in-reply-to:user-agent; b=gYqTRuBeI6Ua+mswESjJl55LGiRusNGR5/QVaL8Vo2PnMrfhtkbQ8qCWcsnZAoDqdC cdYx4Vj67RW/Iyk6gdIGxvcU3ZZxydCBm8Wy88oQNgdGAzsmpxdxtB/Mp38nV12loyLk nE6UeIMBVsVQjR6F7jAwL6cpJm1lawbV5GVV4= Received: by 10.210.102.12 with SMTP id z12mr7109875ebb.5.1250028853074; Tue, 11 Aug 2009 15:14:13 -0700 (PDT) Received: from @ (91-164-138-47.rev.libertysurf.net [91.164.138.47]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id 28sm1066591eyg.42.2009.08.11.15.14.10 (version=SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Tue, 11 Aug 2009 15:14:11 -0700 (PDT) Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <2729632a0908111343v73fa475fqb6353dcf2f718101@mail.gmail.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.18 (2008-05-17) Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: 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