Re: [Findutils-patches] [PATCH 1/2] Explain that before reporting a problem, you should try the current

[James Youngman]

On 6/23/07, Bob Proulx <address@hidden> wrote:
> > 5. There is also a third git repository which is also local here, in
> > which I make changes on a private branch.  I then format the commits
> > and mail them to address@hidden for review.  I have a
> > script for doing this, so far it seems cumbersome but painless.
>
> Using git-format-patch?

Yes, with this script:

#! /bin/sh

# To prepare input for this program, use
# git-format-patch -n --thread --ignore-if-in-upstream
--patch-with-stat master..HEAD

if [[ $# -eq 0 ]] ; then
   echo "You specified no files" >&2
   exit 1
else
   for filename ; do
       echo "Mailing $filename"
       sed -e '
/From: / {
a\
To: address@hidden
}' < "$filename" | /usr/sbin/sendmail -t
   done
fi

If I don't use the script and just fed the files to "mail
address@hidden", mailman sees the resulting messages have
no To: header and forces them to be moderated.

I tried doing this automatically with
git-config --add format.headers '"To: address@hidden"'

... but that made git-format-patch add the To: header in between the
start of the Subject: header and its continuation line.   Sigh.

James.