From: Miklos Vajna <vmiklos@frugalware.org>
Date: Tue, 26 Feb 2008 17:44:42 GMT
Subject: Re: git-email automatic --to detection?
Message-ID: <20080226174442.GM31441@genesis.frugalware.org>
In-Reply-To: <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