Re: FEATURE REQUEST: git-format-path: Add option to encode patch content

From: Robin H. Johnson <robbat2@gentoo.org>
Date: Apr 27, 2007, 20:35 UTC
Message-ID: <20070427203534.GA7846@curie-int.orbis-terrarum.net>
In-Reply-To: <7vslalmwcx.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net>

On Fri, Apr 27, 2007 at 12:49:02PM -0700, Junio C Hamano wrote:

> On the other hand, in circles whose recipients are prepared to
> (or even "prefer to") accept messages formatted with --attach,
> there should be no harm done if the patch text is base64
> encoded either.

+1 for having this feature on my end.

I do some work on other projects where patches that aren't multipart aren't even accepted (the author has an applying system that he bounces the patches into, and refuses to change it :-( ) [again, projects that aren't git upstream, but I track with git because that makes development much easier].

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