Re: [PATCH v2] Enable setting attach as the default in .gitconfig for git-format-patch.

From: Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. <bss@iguanasuicide.net>
Date: Feb 9, 2009, 14:39 UTC
Message-ID: <200902090840.03344.bss@iguanasuicide.net>
In-Reply-To: <49903491.7000509@drmicha.warpmail.net>

On Monday 09 February 2009 07:50:09 Michael J Gruber wrote:

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> Johannes Schindelin venit, vidit, dixit 09.02.2009 14:36:
> > On Mon, 9 Feb 2009, Ben Bucksch wrote:
> >> On 09.02.2009 13:34, Michael J Gruber wrote:
> >>> Johannes Schindelin venit, vidit, dixit 08.02.2009 18:28:
> >>>> On Sun, 8 Feb 2009, Jeremy White wrote
> >>>>> Essentially, the problem is well understood - Thunderbird uses
> >>>>> format=flowed by default, which is what mangles the patches.
> >>>> I guess I'll start discouraging use of Thunderbird from now on.
> >> Or you could just publish:
> >> 1. Prefs | Advanced | General | Config Editor...
> >> 2. "mailnews.send_plaintext_flowed" = false
> > Ah.  Mhm...
> >> I don't think it's a matter of clue, it's a matter of background and
> >> attitude.
> > Yeah, I think my background dictates that I stay by my word and recommend
> > other mailers than Thunderbird.
> I think Ben made it clear why "format flowed" is the default.
> The default will not change.

For the record, KMail does f=f by default, too. And I think any client that doesn't do format=flowed by default it probably doing a disservice to it's users. Luckily, in KMail it is easy to turn off for a particular message with "Options -> Word Wrap" in the composer window. I think you can turn it off globally, but patches aren't a big enough part of my workflow that I've investigated it too much.

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