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author | Eddie Kovsky <ewk@edkovsky.org> | 2015-11-06 01:23:01 -0500 |
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committer | Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net> | 2015-11-11 12:54:34 -0500 |
commit | 803cfe2635cff6ea2147dc1065b5bd0bb98c6394 (patch) | |
tree | 40a9b72a339892e265fd5e602032eb563699d647 | |
parent | 0214503c5b42d05f146ede6d0bbf49265eca2909 (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>
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/email-clients.txt | 4 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 0 deletions
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: | |||
176 | if you want to include the patch inline. | 176 | if 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 | ||
179 | You can also generate patches with 'git format-patch' and then use Mutt | ||
180 | to send them: | ||
181 | $ mutt -H 0001-some-bug-fix.patch | ||
182 | |||
179 | Config options: | 183 | Config options: |
180 | It should work with default settings. | 184 | It should work with default settings. |
181 | However, it's a good idea to set the "send_charset" to: | 185 | However, it's a good idea to set the "send_charset" to: |