Re: [PATCH] Add 'git format-patch --to=' option and 'format.to' configuration variable.

From: Peter Krefting <peter@softwolves.pp.se>
Date: Feb 18, 2010, 10:15 UTC
Message-ID: <alpine.DEB.2.00.1002181108020.11095@ds9.cixit.se>
In-Reply-To: <7vhbpgpsto.fsf@alter.siamese.dyndns.org>

Junio C Hamano:

> How are you sending your output from format-patch, and how does having To: 
> and Cc: header pregenerated by format-patch help you?

The patches I have sent to the list have all been sent using

   git format-patch something
   $EDITOR *.patch # remove mbox header, and add To:
   for file in *.patch ; do sendmail -t < $file ; done

as every attempt I have done to send them through Alpine or other MUAs have failed horribly.

I haven't minded having to edit the patch files manually (since I have also visually inspected the patch files in the process), but being able to add the To: line for the list automatically for each of the patches lessens the risk of misspelling or missing it completely when fixing the patches up.

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\\// Peter - http://www.softwolves.pp.se/