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Re: Problem with "From:" line on "git format-patch" generated patches

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ARAndré Goddard Rosa <andre.goddard@gmail.com>
Date
Nov 3, 2009, 18:11 UTC
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> I'm not using any specific tool for inputting the git-format-patch,
> but instead I'm sending the files generated by it through gmail as an
> inlined patch in the email body.
>
> I like the convenience of format-patch for generating the patch files,
> but in this case, formatting the header as rfc2047 is not necessary
> and makes a funny/garbled output in my patch submission.
>
> Do you have a suggestion for my workflow?
>

I really would like continuing having the convenience of using a web access to my gmail for sending the patches, so I just need a way to format the patches which makes it easy submitting them later. I'd like to avoid using any other email client for that, if possible.

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