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Re: Cover letter

From
PCPaolo Ciarrocchi <paolo.ciarrocchi@gmail.com>
Date
Jan 8, 2008, 13:13 UTC
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<4d8e3fd30801080513q4402b776kfd587c7c558b1f8a@mail.gmail.com>
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On Jan 8, 2008 2:09 PM, Gustaf Hendeby <hendeby@isy.liu.se> wrote:
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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.
Not enough coffe :-)

The option is there and well documented. Thanks Gustaf.

Ciao,
-- 
Paolo
http://paolo.ciarrocchi.googlepages.com/
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