Re: git-format-patch little gripe

From: Sean <seanlkml@sympatico.ca>
Date: Nov 25, 2006, 15:42 UTC
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In-Reply-To: <20061125153949.GA11136@coredump.intra.peff.net>

On Sat, 25 Nov 2006 10:39:49 -0500 Jeff King <peff@peff.net> wrote:

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> On Sat, Nov 25, 2006 at 10:30:33AM -0500, Sean wrote:
> 
> > If your mail setup support imap, the patches can be dumped directly into
> > it rather than having to go through an mbox.  For instance you can have
> > something like this in your ~/.gitconfig:
> 
> Sure, I could. But if you have a client which supports mboxes, it's
> probably better to use the mbox. With your solution, I send the patch to
> the imap server, then fire up the mail client and re-download the
> patch, possibly mark it up, and then send it out by smtp. The latency
> increase can be noticeable, especially for big patches and slow imap
> servers.

Yeah, I didn't mean it as a better replacement for your use, just as an option that might suit some people better. It works out well here.

> > To move all the patches into your imap drafts folder to be accessed
> > by whatever email client you use.
> 
> Oh come on, Real Men just edit the mbox in vi. :)

Damn.. caught in my skirt again.. ;o)