[oe] Using `git send-email` (was: Number 1 tip for getting your patch committed)

[Holger Hans Peter Freyther]

On Saturday 23 January 2010 23:06:22 Paul Menzel wrote:

> In my opinion we should therefore find a way to also work easily with
> attached patches having been created with `git format-patch`. Can some
> of the developers mention what the disadvantage of attached patches is.
> You can easily quote them to and saving and applying should be as easy
> as with messages sent using `git send-email`.

E.g. I'm still using git format-patch but most of the time as inline message, 
with KMail there is an option to not wordwrap so the patch will not be 
altered. I hope/asume that these options exist for other mailers too?



> And of course that it is not easy to retrieve them from Patchwork. If
> that is the only obstacle I would try to contact the Patchwork hackers
> and ask them to implement an option to retrieve the attachment if it has
> for example the extension »patch« or »diff«.

First test if it already works and then pester them?