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Re: emacs-27 f61bff3: ; * CONTRIBUTE: Clarify the preferences for patch
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Robert Pluim |
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Re: emacs-27 f61bff3: ; * CONTRIBUTE: Clarify the preferences for patch formatting. |
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Mon, 20 Jul 2020 18:29:47 +0200 |
>>>>> On Sat, 20 Jun 2020 04:43:39 -0400 (EDT), eliz@gnu.org (Eli Zaretskii)
>>>>> said:
Eli> + git send-email --to=bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org 0001-DESCRIPTION.patch'.
Eli> +
Eli> +However, we prefer the 'git format-patch' method with attachment, as
Eli> +doing so delivers patches in the correct and easily-recognizable
format
Eli> +more reliably, and makes the job of applying the patches easier and
less
Eli> +error-prone. It also allows to send patches whose author is someone
Eli> +other than the email sender.
'sending', but thatʼs minor. Do we want to mention
'disposition=inline' here, or is that too much? (I donʼt really mind
since Gnus can be told to show specific attachments inline anyway, but
maybe other MUAs can't)
Robert
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