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Re: import mbox?

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Petr Baudis <pasky@ucw.cz>
Date
Apr 27, 2005, 23:14 UTC
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<20050427231412.GL22956@pasky.ji.cz>
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Dear diary, on Thu, Apr 28, 2005 at 01:08:41AM CEST, I got a letter where Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@pobox.com> told me that...

> Sorry for the FAQ, but I didn't see this in any of the scripts in the 
> 'git' archives, nor in the README.
> 
> What script should kernel developers use, to import an mbox full of patches?
There is git-tools. One of the many ways how to get it is
	$ cg-clone rsync://rsync.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/torvalds/git-tools.git

Note that AFAIK it does not set $AUTHOR_DATE properly; patches were posted to this mailing list to fix this.

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  1. Jeff GarzikApr 27, 2005
  2. Petr BaudisApr 27, 2005
  3. Linus TorvaldsApr 27, 2005

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