Re: Patch formatting:

Subject: Re: Patch formatting:

Date: Tue, 30 Aug 2011 21:22:15 -0400

To: Tomi Ollila, David Bremner

Cc: notmuch@notmuchmail.org

From: Austin Clements


On Tue, Aug 30, 2011 at 4:33 PM, David Bremner <david@tethera.net> wrote:
> On Tue, 30 Aug 2011 23:05:06 +0300, Tomi Ollila <tomi.ollila@nixu.com> wrote:
>>
>> Check
>>
>> http://notmuchmail.org/patchformatting/
>
> Hi Tomi;
>
> Thanks for doing this. I wonder if it would be less scare for newcomers
> if we put the "Tips for..." first, since I guess almost everyone will
> use git-format-patch ?
>
> d

I would say start right off with git send-email, since it takes care
of every single formatting guideline and also makes it easy to send
entire patch series.  It seems like the most beginner-friendly way to
send patches, while at the same time serving power-patchers well.

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