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authorEddie Kovsky <ewk@edkovsky.org>2015-11-05 23:23:01 -0700
committerJonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>2015-11-11 10:54:34 -0700
commit803cfe2635cff6ea2147dc1065b5bd0bb98c6394 (patch)
tree40a9b72a339892e265fd5e602032eb563699d647 /Documentation
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
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@@ -176,6 +176,10 @@ To use 'vim' with mutt:
if you want to include the patch inline.
(a)ttach works fine without "set paste".
+You can also generate patches with 'git format-patch' and then use Mutt
+to send them:
+ $ mutt -H 0001-some-bug-fix.patch
+
Config options:
It should work with default settings.
However, it's a good idea to set the "send_charset" to: