On Fri, 11 Jul 2008 00:03:06 -0700 Junio C Hamano <gitster@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Eduard - Gabriel Munteanu <eduard.munteanu@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > > > This option allows the user to process patches with git-send-email > > and then import them into an email client, without having to send > > them directly. The output format is mbox. > > Input format is also mbox, so an obvious question is "why?" Hi, git-send-email has a lot more mail processing power than git-format-patch. For example, there is no way to fill in "To:" with git-format-patch. I use this because I want to send the emails with my mail client (Claws-Mail), not directly. This allows me to use git-send-email to process patches instead of kludging the headers with something like formail. Eduard -- 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
