From: Nicolas Sebrecht Date: Tue, 11 Aug 2009 22:14:08 GMT Subject: Re: How do gmail users try out patches from this list? Message-ID: <20090811221408.GC12956@vidovic> In-Reply-To: <2729632a0908111343v73fa475fqb6353dcf2f718101@mail.gmail.com> The 11/08/09, skillzero@gmail.com wrote: > Sorry if this is dumb question, but I didn't see any good info in my searches. > > How do gmail users normally apply patches that come through the list? It doesn't rely on your address mail provider but on your local email workflow/MUA. > Do you just manually copy and paste the email to patch files and use > git apply? Do you use a tool to export to mbox files and use git am? Yes, that's what most users do. As I use local maildirs instead of mailboxes, I copy the patches (from mutt) into a dedicated maildir (one per project) and directly 'git am' the e-mails. -- Nicolas Sebrecht