From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:56694) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1SU2pq-0004uK-FM for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Mon, 14 May 2012 17:29:43 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1SU2po-0002Vq-Cg for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Mon, 14 May 2012 17:29:42 -0400 Received: from moutng.kundenserver.de ([212.227.17.10]:59657) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1SU2po-0002Vd-1s for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Mon, 14 May 2012 17:29:40 -0400 Message-ID: <4FB17949.5030505@rdsoftware.de> Date: Mon, 14 May 2012 23:29:45 +0200 From: Erik Rull MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <4FB1672D.7000906@rdsoftware.de> <4FB16B68.3040307@weilnetz.de> <4FB17210.4030609@codemonkey.ws> <4FB17352.1010901@redhat.com> <4FB174B0.9080804@rdsoftware.de> <4FB17706.9080406@weilnetz.de> In-Reply-To: <4FB17706.9080406@weilnetz.de> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] Posting a patch? List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , To: Stefan Weil Cc: Peter Maydell , "qemu-devel@nongnu.org" , Anthony Liguori Stefan Weil wrote: > Am 14.05.2012 23:10, schrieb Erik Rull: >> Eric Blake wrote: >>> On 05/14/2012 02:58 PM, Anthony Liguori wrote: >>>> You can also do: >>>> >>>> git send-email --to=qemu-devel@nongnu.org HEAD~1 >>>> >>>> Which avoids any clutter. >>> >>> I also like to do: >>> >>> git config sendemail.to=qemu-devel@nongnu.org >>> >>> so I don't have to remember to use --to every time. >>> >>> 'git send-email --cover-letter' gives a nicer cover letter than 'git >>> send-email --compose'; it really bothers me that 'git send-email --help' >>> fails to mention that send-email also understands all options of >>> format-patch. >>> >> >> Thanks for your help. I need to figure out first, why git detects other >> changes than mine for posting despite a git checkout master, git pull, >> git reset --hard and make distclean. >> (See previous email) >> >> Best regards, >> >> Erik >> > > Hi Erik, > > I read your previous mail. > > "git diff" shows the un-committed changes in your local git repository. > "git format-patch" formats the latest changes in your local git repository. > > If you don't commit your own change to your local git repository, > "git format-patch" will format the latest changes from someone else. > > As long as "git diff" shows your changes, there is no use to run "git > format-patch". > > Regards, > > Stefan W. > > Thanks a lot! There is still some improvement possible in my git knowledge :-) I just handled to post the first patch, but my sendmail is not yet configured for outgoing emails ;-) So this is my next task... But meanwhile I will just post it using my windows mail client. Best regards, Erik