-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA256 On 02/03/2016 05:49 PM, Göktürk Yüksek wrote: > Daniel Campbell: >> On 02/03/2016 04:57 PM, gokt...@binghamton.edu wrote: >>> From: Gokturk Yuksek <gokt...@binghamton.edu> > >>> Hi, > >> [...] > >> This isn't related to what you're doing but I felt it was a good >> place to ask: > >> How are you and other developers creating these series of >> e-mails? It seems really handy and I'd like to know what it is, >> in the event that I need to do the same. > > > > Here's how I do it: Make your commits on a separate branch as if > you'd push them directly to the repo. Use 'git format-patch' to > generate patch files and use 'git send-email' to send them. You can > skip format-patch and just use send-email but for a changeset of 21 > commits I'd like to take another look. > > git format-patch --stat --summary -o bug558642_v3/ -n -v3 > --cover-letter master..devmanual-git-migration-v3 > > Creates the patches. '--cover-letter' creates a special patch file > that requires editing which becomes the first email in the series, > which is the one you replied to. > > Once satisfied, I sent it with: > > git send-email * > > Keep in mind that git will CC authors of the patches and yourself > to the email. So you may have to adjust those. > > Don't forget to edit your .gitconfig and set proper SMTP options > in the [sendemail] section. > > Awesome; between the manpage and your example this is a great primer! Thanks a lot for explaining your workflow. I'm sure it's useful to more than just myself.
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