Re: [PATCH gitk] gitk: add README.md with contribution guidelines

From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Aug 20, 2025, 21:15 UTC
Message-ID: <xmqqfrdl8zjm.fsf@gitster.g>
In-Reply-To: <70e08a97-ca6a-4899-b779-1ed436b76fb7@app.fastmail.com>

"Kristoffer Haugsbakk" <kristofferhaugsbakk@fastmail.com> writes:

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>> It would be really nice if you add "review them here before you run
>> send-email" step between these two commands ;-).
>
> I alwyays use
>
>     git format-patch ... -opatchez
>     cat patchez/* | less
>
> Because sending out something weird to a mailing list gives me the
> chills.  (And there might be format-patch bugs.)

Thanks for a tip.

It matches what I do, except that I use ./+jc/<topic-name>/ directories as the staging area, as I tend to keep what I sent out for a few days, and I strongly prefer to give its own directory to each topic, to avoid "git send-email *.patch" sending out random unrelated patches.