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Documentation: publicize KMail hints for sending patches inline

These hints are in git's private SubmittingPatches document but a
wider audience might be interested.  Move them to the "git
format-patch" manpage.

I'm not sure what gotchas these hints are meant to work around.
They might be completely false.

Signed-off-by: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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Jonathan Nieder 14 years ago committed by Junio C Hamano
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      Documentation/SubmittingPatches
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      Documentation/git-format-patch.txt

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Documentation/SubmittingPatches

@ -413,8 +413,8 @@ that or Gentoo did it.) So you need to set the
it. it.




Thunderbird Thunderbird, KMail
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See the MUA-SPECIFIC HINTS section of git-format-patch(1). See the MUA-SPECIFIC HINTS section of git-format-patch(1).


@ -433,24 +433,6 @@ message in raw form before using '|' to run the pipe can work
this problem around. this problem around.




KMail
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This should help you to submit patches inline using KMail.

1) Prepare the patch as a text file.

2) Click on New Mail.

3) Go under "Options" in the Composer window and be sure that
"Word wrap" is not set.

4) Use Message -> Insert file... and insert the patch.

5) Back in the compose window: add whatever other text you wish to the
message, complete the addressing and subject fields, and press send.


Gmail Gmail
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16
Documentation/git-format-patch.txt

@ -415,6 +415,22 @@ There is a script in contrib/thunderbird-patch-inline which can help
you include patches with Thunderbird in an easy way. To use it, do the you include patches with Thunderbird in an easy way. To use it, do the
steps above and then use the script as the external editor. steps above and then use the script as the external editor.


KMail
~~~~~
This should help you to submit patches inline using KMail.

1. Prepare the patch as a text file.

2. Click on New Mail.

3. Go under "Options" in the Composer window and be sure that
"Word wrap" is not set.

4. Use Message -> Insert file... and insert the patch.

5. Back in the compose window: add whatever other text you wish to the
message, complete the addressing and subject fields, and press send.



EXAMPLES EXAMPLES
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