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.