Ludovic Courtès (2016-03-24 01:24 +0300) wrote: > Alex Kost <alez...@gmail.com> skribis: > >> Ricardo Wurmus (2016-03-23 10:41 +0300) wrote: >> >>> Chris Marusich <cmmarus...@gmail.com> writes: >>> >>>> While we're talking about patches, I'm curious: how are other people >>>> managing the patches? In particular, what does the workflow look like >>>> for people who are committing? Do you manually download the patch (or >>>> patches) to a temporary folder, view it/them, and if you like what you >>>> see, commit it with "git am" to a local repo, then push to origin? >>> >>> I’m using an email client in Emacs, so the email as well as the attached >>> patch is shown in a regular text buffer. When I see the patch I can >>> directly apply it by running “git am” on the buffer contents, or by >>> opening a shell and running “git am” on the file associated with the >>> buffer. >> >> In Magit, one can use "w w" to apply patches, and "w m" if they >> are saved in a "maildir" file, as can be done in Gnus by selecting >> several articles (in Summary buffer) and pressing "o". >> >> See (info "(magit) Applying patches") and (info "(gnus) Saving Articles") > > That seems less efficient than what Andy suggests (which is what I do as > well), no?
I just named one of the possibilities. People are free to decide what is more efficient for them :-) -- Alex
