# Email patch -> git commit? 4 messages from 2005-08-02 to 2005-08-03. Participants: H. Peter Anvin, Sam Ravnborg, Catalin Marinas. Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/1396 ## H. Peter Anvin, 2005-08-02 22:15 Subject: Email patch -> git commit? Message-ID: <42EFF077.6080606@zytor.com> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/42EFF077.6080606%40zytor.com ``` Anyone have any good scripts for taking patches in email and turning them into git commits, preferrably while preserving the author information? -hpa ``` ## Sam Ravnborg, 2005-08-02 22:27 Subject: Re: Email patch -> git commit? Message-ID: <20050802222718.GA19107@mars.ravnborg.org> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/20050802222718.GA19107%40mars.ravnborg.org In-Reply-To: <42EFF077.6080606@zytor.com> ``` On Tue, Aug 02, 2005 at 03:15:19PM -0700, H. Peter Anvin wrote: > Anyone have any good scripts for taking patches in email and turning > them into git commits, preferrably while preserving the author information? git-applymbox seems to be what you are looking for. It was named dotest in the old days. Sam ``` ## H. Peter Anvin, 2005-08-02 22:32 Subject: Re: Email patch -> git commit? Message-ID: <42EFF48F.2050007@zytor.com> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/42EFF48F.2050007%40zytor.com In-Reply-To: <20050802222718.GA19107@mars.ravnborg.org> ``` Sam Ravnborg wrote: > On Tue, Aug 02, 2005 at 03:15:19PM -0700, H. Peter Anvin wrote: > >>Anyone have any good scripts for taking patches in email and turning >>them into git commits, preferrably while preserving the author information? > > > git-applymbox seems to be what you are looking for. > It was named dotest in the old days. > Looks like it's not in cogito-0.12.1, which is why I didn't find it. I guess I'll wait until the layered cogito comes out, hopefully this week. -hpa ``` ## Catalin Marinas, 2005-08-03 08:47 Subject: Re: Email patch -> git commit? Message-ID: URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/tnx64unjtjg.fsf%40arm.com In-Reply-To: <42EFF077.6080606@zytor.com> ``` "H. Peter Anvin" wrote: > Anyone have any good scripts for taking patches in email and turning > them into git commits, preferrably while preserving the author > information? StGIT can do this as well, via the 'stg import -m' command. You will see it as a GIT commit (with 'git log') as well as an StGIT patch. It preserves the author information taken from the From: line (can be overwritten with command line options). -- Catalin ```