From: Greg KH <greg@kroah.com>
Date: Sat, 21 Feb 2009 00:04:40 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Documentation: Note file formats send-email accepts
Message-ID: <20090221000440.GA7258@kroah.com>
In-Reply-To: <20090219035106.GG4505@inocybe.teonanacatl.org>

On Wed, Feb 18, 2009 at 10:51:06PM -0500, Todd Zullinger wrote:
> +There are two formats accepted for patch files:
> +
> +1. mbox format files
> ++
> +This is what linkgit:git-format-patch[1] generates.  Most headers and MIME
> +formatting are ignored.
> +
> +2. The original format used by Greg Kroah-Hartman's 'send_lots_of_email.pl'
> +script

You're kidding me, right?  I really don't believe anyone uses any
patches in that format, I haven't used that script in so long I just
noticed that I didn't even have a copy of it anywhere.

So if for some reason you are trying to be backwards compatible to my
old code, don't do it on my behalf.

thanks,

greg k-h