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Re: git-email automatic --to detection?

From
Miklos Vajna <vmiklos@frugalware.org>
Date
Feb 26, 2008, 17:44 UTC
Message-ID
<20080226174442.GM31441@genesis.frugalware.org>
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<slrnfs86qr.prc.jgoerzen@katherina.lan.complete.org>
On Tue, Feb 26, 2008 at 07:59:55AM -0600, John Goerzen <jgoerzen@complete.org> wrote:
> Actually, both can do both, right?

right. afaik no commands read the remote git config atm, but it might be possible.

>  darcs send -o will write the data
> to send out to a file on disk, and git-send-email will transmit the
> message.

true. what annoyed me is that i needed net access to generate the file, ie i was not able to do a 'darcs send -o file', copy the file to an usb stick and send it from some other box.

>  I don't so much care about the default as making it easy for
> people that do have a local sendmail or smtpd or (ugh) MAPI client to
> send patches automatically, if I tell them what flags to use.

but that's the case for git as well :) you should tell people (for example): use "git format-patch origin"; send the created *.patch files and use "git pull --rebase" to avoid an unnecessary merge.

- VMiklos
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  1. John GoerzenFeb 24, 2008
  2. Paolo CiarrocchiFeb 24, 2008
  3. John GoerzenFeb 25, 2008
  4. Jeff KingFeb 25, 2008
  5. Paolo CiarrocchiFeb 25, 2008
  6. Miklos VajnaFeb 25, 2008
  7. John GoerzenFeb 25, 2008
  8. Miklos VajnaFeb 25, 2008
  9. Jeff KingFeb 25, 2008
  10. Matthieu MoyFeb 25, 2008
  11. Jeff KingFeb 25, 2008
  12. John GoerzenFeb 25, 2008
  13. Matthieu MoyFeb 26, 2008
  14. John GoerzenFeb 26, 2008
  15. Miklos VajnaFeb 25, 2008
  16. John GoerzenFeb 26, 2008
  17. Miklos VajnaFeb 26, 2008
  18. Junio C HamanoFeb 25, 2008

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