Caleb, On Thu, Jun 12, 2014 at 01:23:41PM -0500, Caleb Thompson wrote: > Jeremiah, > > On Thu, Jun 12, 2014 at 11:04:59AM -0700, Jeremiah Mahler wrote: > > ... > > > > How are you preparing your patches. 'git format-patch' with a 'git > > send-email'? > > I'm so glad you asked, because I've just been muddling through this. > > I've been generating the cover page variously with request-pull or diff > --stat, then running a command like this, with --cc arguments added from > a list I've been keeping of people who respond to the threads: > > git send-email --compose --to=git@vger.kernel.org --thread \ > [--cc ...] --no-chain-reply origin/master... > > Then I manually edit the subjects to add the version to the [PATCH N/M] > portions. I haven't been using format-patch. > > It's interesting that only the first patch isn't applying. I'd love to > hear a better way. > > Caleb
It sounds like you are doing too much work. After I make a series of commits I run format-patch. This example has 2 patches (-2). I like --thread, although it seems to work fine without it. And --reroll-count will automatically do your N/M numbering for you. It also generates a cover letter which you can then edit by hand. All the patches will be named v3-* in this case. git format-patch --reroll-count=3 --cover --thread -2 Then I can send the whole patch series using send-email. git send-email --to=caleb --cc=git --cc=junio v3-* Felipe Contreras has a good writeup [1] on how to setup aliases with Mutt so you don't have to type the full email every time. [1]: http://felipec.wordpress.com/2009/10/25/git-send-email-tricks/ I recently setup Mutt with Offlineimap [2] and Msmtp. This is an awesome setup too. Not patch related, but it makes the email part easier. [2]: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/OfflineIMAP -- Jeremiah Mahler jmmah...@gmail.com http://github.com/jmahler -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
