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To email a patch you can use a shell command like 'git format-patch -1'
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To email a patch you can use a shell command like 'git format-patch -1'
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to create a file, and then attach the file to your email. This nicely
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to create a file, and then attach the file to your email. This nicely
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packages the patch's commit message and changes. To send just one
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packages the patch's commit message and changes, and makes sure the
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such patch without additional remarks, you can use a command like
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format and whitespace are not munged in transit by the various mail
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'git send-email --to=bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org 0001-DESCRIPTION.patch'.
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agents. To send just one such patch without additional remarks, it is
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also possible to use a command like
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git send-email --to=bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org 0001-DESCRIPTION.patch'.
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However, we prefer the 'git format-patch' method with attachment, as
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doing so delivers patches in the correct and easily-recognizable format
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more reliably, and makes the job of applying the patches easier and less
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error-prone. It also allows to send patches whose author is someone
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other than the email sender.
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Once the cumulative amount of your submissions exceeds about 15 lines
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Once the cumulative amount of your submissions exceeds about 15 lines
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of non-trivial changes, we will need you to assign to the FSF the
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of non-trivial changes, we will need you to assign to the FSF the
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