From: Johannes Sixt <j6t@xxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Johannes Sixt <j6t@xxxxxxxx> --- How about this as 6/5? I used the method described for this submission, so if what you got is unusable, you know what to think of the suggestion ;) I put this suggestion as approach #1 because I think it is superior to the other two (iff it worked). -- Hannes Documentation/git-format-patch.txt | 18 ++++++++++++++---- 1 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt b/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt --- a/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt @@ -343,11 +343,21 @@ By default, Thunderbird will both wrap emails as well as flag them as being 'format=flowed', both of which will make the resulting email unusable by git. -There are two different approaches. One approach is to configure -Thunderbird to not mangle patches. The second approach is to use +There are three different approaches: use an add-on to turn off line wraps, +configure Thunderbird to not mangle patches, or use an external editor to keep Thunderbird from mangling the patches. -Approach #1 (configuration) +Approach #1 (add-on) +^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ + +Install the Toggle Word Wrap add-on that is available from +https://addons.mozilla.org/thunderbird/addon/toggle-word-wrap/ +It adds a menu entry "Enable Word Wrap" that you can tick off. Now you +can compose the message as you otherwise do (cut + paste, +'git format-patch' | 'git imap-send', etc), but you have to insert +line breaks manually in any additional text that you type. + +Approach #2 (configuration) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Three steps: @@ -374,7 +384,7 @@ After that is done, you should be able to compose email as you otherwise would (cut + paste, 'git format-patch' | 'git imap-send', etc), and the patches will not be mangled. -Approach #2 (external editor) +Approach #3 (external editor) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ The following Thunderbird extensions are needed: -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html