From: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Date: Thu, 24 May 2007 15:29:22 GMT
Subject: Re: How do we import patches from non-git sources?
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0705241628430.4648@racer.site>
In-Reply-To: <1180017010.21181.2.camel@zealous.synapsedev.com>

Hi,

On Thu, 24 May 2007, Marc Singer wrote:

> It looks like it reduces to something very simple.
> 
> Git patches, as generated by git-format-patch, have a header with an
> email address.
> 
> Cogito patches, as generated by cg-mkpatch, have no email address in the
> header.
> 
> git-am doesn't like the cogito patches.

What author should git-am assume?

> Is there a way to import patches that did not come from git?  Remember
> that we'd like to include the functionality of git-am that adds new
> files to the index.

You can always use git-apply to apply patches. You have to commit them 
yourself, though.

Ciao,
Dscho