{"thread":{"id":"11526","subject":"Cover letter","startedAt":"2008-01-08T12:52:16Z","lastAt":"2008-01-08T13:13:46Z","messageCount":3,"participants":["Paolo Ciarrocchi","Gustaf Hendeby"],"isPatch":false,"patchVersion":null,"patchTotal":null},"messages":[{"id":"64732","messageId":"4d8e3fd30801080452g71c3d3dx39f2ec805239ef01@mail.gmail.com","threadId":"11526","inReplyTo":null,"subject":"Cover letter","fromName":"Paolo Ciarrocchi","fromEmail":"paolo.ciarrocchi@gmail.com","sentAt":"2008-01-08T12:52:16Z","receivedAt":"2008-01-08T12:52:16Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"paolo.ciarrocchi@gmail.com","avatar":null},"body":"Hi all,\nI'm going to experiment the git-send-email command quite soon and I\nhave a doubt\nthat I would like to clarify.\n\nI'm used to the following work flow:\n- git branch trivial\n- git checkout trivial\n- work work work\n- git gui to commit all the changes\n- git-format-patch -n -o /home/paolo/patches\n- open the MUA\n- write the cover letter\n- import the N patches\n- send all the patches\n- collect feedback\n- work work work\n- git rebase -i\n- back to the git gui to commit all the changes line\n\n\nThis is working fine but since I'm going to push out a queue of patches\nit would be nicer to script everything with git-send-email.\n\nI know I have to configure git in order to use the gmail's smtp server,\nI know how to tell git-send-email where to pick up the patches but I fail\nto understand how I can write a cover letter and let it be part of the patch\nqueue.\n\nAny hint?\n\nThanks in advance.\n-- \nPaolo\nhttp://paolo.ciarrocchi.googlepages.com/\n"},{"id":"64735","messageId":"478375FB.405@isy.liu.se","threadId":"11526","inReplyTo":"4d8e3fd30801080452g71c3d3dx39f2ec805239ef01@mail.gmail.com","subject":"Re: Cover letter","fromName":"Gustaf Hendeby","fromEmail":"hendeby@isy.liu.se","sentAt":"2008-01-08T13:09:15Z","receivedAt":"2008-01-08T13:09:15Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"hendeby@isy.liu.se","avatar":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/730316?v=4"},"body":"> This is working fine but since I'm going to push out a queue of patches\n> it would be nicer to script everything with git-send-email.\n> \n> I know I have to configure git in order to use the gmail's smtp server,\n> I know how to tell git-send-email where to pick up the patches but I fail\n> to understand how I can write a cover letter and let it be part of the patch\n> queue.\n\nUse the switch --compose to git send-email, that should open up an \neditor and let you write a cover letter to go with the patches.\n\n/Gustaf\n"},{"id":"64736","messageId":"4d8e3fd30801080513q4402b776kfd587c7c558b1f8a@mail.gmail.com","threadId":"11526","inReplyTo":"478375FB.405@isy.liu.se","subject":"Re: Cover letter","fromName":"Paolo Ciarrocchi","fromEmail":"paolo.ciarrocchi@gmail.com","sentAt":"2008-01-08T13:13:46Z","receivedAt":"2008-01-08T13:13:46Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"paolo.ciarrocchi@gmail.com","avatar":null},"body":"On Jan 8, 2008 2:09 PM, Gustaf Hendeby <hendeby@isy.liu.se> wrote:\n> > This is working fine but since I'm going to push out a queue of patches\n> > it would be nicer to script everything with git-send-email.\n> >\n> > I know I have to configure git in order to use the gmail's smtp server,\n> > I know how to tell git-send-email where to pick up the patches but I fail\n> > to understand how I can write a cover letter and let it be part of the patch\n> > queue.\n>\n> Use the switch --compose to git send-email, that should open up an\n> editor and let you write a cover letter to go with the patches.\n\nNot enough coffe :-)\n\nThe option is there and well documented.\nThanks Gustaf.\n\nCiao,\n-- \nPaolo\nhttp://paolo.ciarrocchi.googlepages.com/\n"}]}