From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
From: me@sillymon.ch (Silvan Jegen)
Date: Sun, 15 Feb 2015 10:30:22 +0100
Subject: Download patch from email.
In-Reply-To: <CAL2Y34Czo4Kq+1qiFV=wE3gRNuiFDxj9bEJ08XZZyOgqGrOe1A@mail.gmail.com>
References: <9390101.4760919.1423885733514.JavaMail.yahoo@mail.yahoo.com>
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	<CAL2Y34Czo4Kq+1qiFV=wE3gRNuiFDxj9bEJ08XZZyOgqGrOe1A@mail.gmail.com>
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On Sun, Feb 15, 2015 at 08:11:51AM +0200, Elazar Leibovich wrote:
> I use "|".
> 
>     $ cd ~/linux-source
>     $ mutt
>     (select email with patch)
>     |git am
> 
> Git applies the patch to the current directory

Ah, I knew about '|' but I did not know that git am can read from stdin
as well, nice!


> Last note, from gmail, one can use the "show original" menu item, and
> save/copy-paste the text from there. git am would understand that.

Yes, I do that when I am not on my computer... I think all webmail
clients I have used do have a 'Show original' (or similar) option whose
text you can just copy paste.


Cheers,

Silvan