Re: git-format-patch|git-send-email sucks

From: Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@computergmbh.de>
Date: Mar 25, 2008, 18:29 UTC
Message-ID: <alpine.LNX.1.10.0803251928500.7062@fbirervta.pbzchgretzou.qr>
In-Reply-To: <alpine.LNX.1.10.0803251914060.2240@fbirervta.pbzchgretzou.qr>

On Tuesday 2008-03-25 19:18, Jan Engelhardt wrote:

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>
> git@ cc'd for justice.
>
> <rants>
>
>  * `git-format-patch --stdout | git-send-email` does not fly,
>    files need to be exported first, it's a bit inconvenient
>
> * git-send-email should really default to --no-chain
>
>  * git-send-email should stop if it cannot find the headers
>    it is looking for (esp. Subject), even if I dared to forget --dry-run
>    (point in case:  git log -1 mycommit >x.diff; git-send-email x.diff)
>
> </rants>

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To be in the picture, the command issued was:

rm -f 00*; git-format-patch -C -M --stat=72 --summary -p --thread -n origin/symbolic/upstream..HEAD; git-send-email --thread --no-signed-off-by-cc --no-chain --to user2@localhost 00*

   * jengelh@localhost _still_ gets all the mails

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