Question about applying a kernel patch with "git am" received from a mailing list

[joshc@eso.teric.us (Josh Cartwright)]

On Tue, Nov 20, 2012 at 07:53:57PM +0200, Kevin Wilson wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 20, 2012 at 7:39 PM, Josh Cartwright <joshc@eso.teric.us> wrote:
> > On Tue, Nov 20, 2012 at 07:24:28PM +0200, Kevin Wilson wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > > I am following some kernel mailing lists (netdev and others).
> > > I want to be able to save recent patches and to apply the against a git tree.
> > >
> > > I tried using MUTT client for this. I save the patch (which is almost
> > > always inline).
> > >
> > > Then I run
> > > git apply --check patchName
> > > and
> > > git apply  patchName
> > > and it applies cleanly.
> > >
> > > But if I try:
> > > git am  patchName
> > >
> > > It gives
> > > "Patch format detection failed."
> > >
> > > Any recommendation what to do to apply a patch
> > > with "git am"?
> >
> > Kevin-
> >
> > Just use mutt's 'pipe-message' feature, which is bound to '|' by
> > default.  Pipe the message directly to 'git am'.
>
> Hi,
> Thanks for the quick response!  I press "|" , I want to pipe to the
> git tree (which is /work/src/net-next). How do I tell pipe that the
> path of git tree is there?

Simple!

Instead of piping to 'git am', pipe to 'cd /work/src/net-next && git am'.

Alternatively, run mutt from your source tree.

   Josh