Re: Applying patches from a patch set

["Mark Ryden" <markryde@gmail.com>]

Hello,
  I tried usuing slrn with mutt; mutt seems to me better.
I saved 15 git patches from one patch set into a mailbox
using mutt.
Now I tried:
git am maibox
and got this error:

Patch is empty.  Was it split wrong?

This error occurred after "git am maibox" applied the first 6 patches
in this patch set.

looking at that seventh patch shows that it seems to be perfectly
ok.

Any ideas what can be wrong here?
Regards,
Mark


On Sat, Dec 20, 2008 at 10:06 PM, Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> wrote:
> "Mark Ryden" <markryde@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> Hello,
>>   I am subscribed to some linux kernel subsystem mailing list; in this
>> list there are sometimes patchsets with more than
>> 30-40 patches.
>> I am using gmail web interface client.
>>
>> In order to apply a patch set I copy and paste each patch from the
>> patchset into a file, and then apply that patch.
>> I assume that there is a better way.
>> Recently I encountered a fatal error when doing so (and I am not sure
>> what caused it).
>>
>> So my question is: does anyone know a more elegant way of applying a
>> large patchset ?
>> Maybe there is better mail client with which this process can be done easily ?
>
> First mistake(?) is you seem to be doing copy&paste from browser.  Don't.
> It can easily damage whitespaces.  Find out how your webmail interface
> allows you to save selected messages in a mbox and let you download it.
>
> Then
>
>        $ git am that-mbox-file
>
>
>
>
>