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authorEddie Kovsky <ewk@edkovsky.org>2015-11-06 01:23:01 -0500
committerJonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>2015-11-11 12:54:34 -0500
commit803cfe2635cff6ea2147dc1065b5bd0bb98c6394 (patch)
tree40a9b72a339892e265fd5e602032eb563699d647
parent0214503c5b42d05f146ede6d0bbf49265eca2909 (diff)
Documentation: Add note on sending files directly with Mutt
Like 'git send-email', Mutt can also be used to send patches generated with 'git format-patch'. This works regardless of the editor the contributor has set up to use with Mutt. Signed-off-by: Eddie Kovsky <ewk@edkovsky.org> Reviewed-by: Darren Hart <dvhart@infradead.org> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
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diff --git a/Documentation/email-clients.txt b/Documentation/email-clients.txt
index 3fa450881ecb..3c2f7acf5701 100644
--- a/Documentation/email-clients.txt
+++ b/Documentation/email-clients.txt
@@ -176,6 +176,10 @@ To use 'vim' with mutt:
176if you want to include the patch inline. 176if you want to include the patch inline.
177(a)ttach works fine without "set paste". 177(a)ttach works fine without "set paste".
178 178
179You can also generate patches with 'git format-patch' and then use Mutt
180to send them:
181 $ mutt -H 0001-some-bug-fix.patch
182
179Config options: 183Config options:
180It should work with default settings. 184It should work with default settings.
181However, it's a good idea to set the "send_charset" to: 185However, it's a good idea to set the "send_charset" to: