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Re: Thunderbird and patches

From
Miles Bader <miles@gnu.org>
Date
Feb 12, 2009, 04:37 UTC
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<buo4oz0e0dg.fsf@dhlpc061.dev.necel.com>
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Michael J Gruber <git@drmicha.warpmail.net> writes:
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>> In other words: use the right tool.  Or, as somebody put it at the 
>> GitTogether: to a hammer, everything looks like a nail.
>
> It just seems that the workflow "required" here on the git list is the
> way it is because it caters for differently abled MUAs which can't
> handle certain standards (inline disposition) efficiently.  Mutt
> obviously can, so it's not a matter of John Doe's MUA versus geeky
> MUAs.

So, since you decry flames later in your message, why did you feel it necessary to throw in this rather creaky bit of flamebait?

[The issue is apparently MUAs which munge messages when not wanted; that says _nothing_ about what non-munging MUAs can or can not "handle".]

-Miles
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Message 36 of 44 in “Enable setting attach as the default in .gitconfig for git-format-patch.”
  1. Enable setting attach as the default in .gitconfig for git-format-patch.Jeremy White, Feb 8, 2009
  2. Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.Feb 8, 2009
  3. Jeremy WhiteFeb 8, 2009
  4. Johannes SchindelinFeb 8, 2009
  5. Michael J GruberFeb 9, 2009
  6. Ben BuckschFeb 9, 2009
  7. Johannes SchindelinFeb 9, 2009
  8. Michael J GruberFeb 9, 2009
  9. Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.Feb 9, 2009
  10. Ben BuckschFeb 9, 2009
  11. Johannes SchindelinFeb 9, 2009
  12. Thunderbird and patches (was Re: [PATCH v2] Enable setting attach as the default in .gitconfig for git-format-patch.)Jeremy White, Feb 9, 2009
  13. Ben BuckschFeb 9, 2009
  14. Jeremy WhiteFeb 9, 2009
  15. Michael J GruberFeb 9, 2009
  16. Ben BuckschFeb 9, 2009
  17. Jeremy WhiteFeb 9, 2009
  18. Brandon CaseyFeb 9, 2009
  19. Ben BuckschFeb 9, 2009
  20. Johannes SchindelinFeb 9, 2009
  21. Ben BuckschFeb 9, 2009
  22. Brandon CaseyFeb 9, 2009
  23. Ben BuckschFeb 9, 2009
  24. Ben BuckschFeb 9, 2009
  25. Brandon CaseyFeb 9, 2009
  26. Brandon CaseyFeb 9, 2009
  27. Ben BuckschFeb 9, 2009
  28. Brandon CaseyFeb 9, 2009
  29. Ben BuckschFeb 9, 2009
  30. Brandon CaseyFeb 9, 2009
  31. Ben BuckschFeb 9, 2009
  32. Brandon CaseyFeb 10, 2009
  33. Brandon CaseyFeb 9, 2009
  34. Johannes SchindelinFeb 9, 2009
  35. Michael J GruberFeb 10, 2009
  36. Miles BaderFeb 12, 2009
  37. Michael J GruberFeb 12, 2009
  38. Brandon CaseyFeb 9, 2009
  39. example patch corrupted by thunderbirdBrandon Casey, Feb 9, 2009
  40. Michael J GruberFeb 9, 2009
  41. Ben BuckschFeb 9, 2009
  42. Jeremy WhiteFeb 9, 2009
  43. Ben BuckschFeb 9, 2009
  44. Junio C HamanoFeb 10, 2009

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