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Re: Cover letter

From
Gustaf Hendeby <hendeby@isy.liu.se>
Date
Jan 8, 2008, 13:09 UTC
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<478375FB.405@isy.liu.se>
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> This is working fine but since I'm going to push out a queue of patches
> it would be nicer to script everything with git-send-email.
> 
> I know I have to configure git in order to use the gmail's smtp server,
> I know how to tell git-send-email where to pick up the patches but I fail
> to understand how I can write a cover letter and let it be part of the patch
> queue.

Use the switch --compose to git send-email, that should open up an editor and let you write a cover letter to go with the patches.

/Gustaf
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