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authorLibravatar Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2015-03-13 00:02:15 -0700
committerLibravatar Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2015-03-15 14:31:42 -0700
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SubmittingPatches: encourage users to use format-patch and send-email
In step "(4) Sending your patches", we instruct users to do an inline patch, avoid breaking whitespaces, avoid attachments, use [PATCH v2] for second round, etc., all of which format-patch and send-email combo know how to do well. The need was identified by, and the text is based on the work by Cody Taylor. Suggested-by: Cody Taylor <cody.taylor@maternityneighborhood.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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(4) Sending your patches.
+Learn to use format-patch and send-email if possible. These commands
+are optimized for the workflow of sending patches, avoiding many ways
+your existing e-mail client that is optimized for "multipart/*" mime
+type e-mails to corrupt and render your patches unusable.
+
People on the Git mailing list need to be able to read and
comment on the changes you are submitting. It is important for
a developer to be able to "quote" your changes, using standard