As Matthias said, edit and commit your changes in a different branch. On 01/05/09 14:56 +0200, Matthias Kaehlcke wrote: > # edit and commit your changes ... > > # generate the emails However, instead of just formatting the patch like so: > git format-patch <options> You can actually format the patches and send the emails simultaneously. This can work if you have imap set up in your `.gitconfig` in your home directory. `git format-patch -C --stdout origin/master | git imap-send` This is what the imap section of my `.gitconfig` looks like for my Gmail acct. I'm sure this is a usable template for other imap providers. [imap] folder = "[Gmail]/Drafts" host = imaps://imap.gmail.com user = <username>@gmail.com pass = <password> port = 993 sslverify = false Or you can disregard the pipe and send the patches via your favorite email client. `git format-patch -C origin/master` `mutt -H 0001*.patch` Best, Dan -- To unsubscribe from this list: send an email with "unsubscribe kernelnewbies" to ecartis@xxxxxxxxxxxx Please read the FAQ at http://kernelnewbies.org/FAQ