Hi >>> Hi all, >>> >>> Sorry if this is a basic question. >>> How do i take patches from e-mail? >>> for example git send mail sends patches as e-mail >>> >>> if someone wants to apply that patch to his branch then how do i get >>> that in . patch format and then use >>> patch -p1 *.patch or is there something im missing here? thanks. >>> -- >>> Warm Regards, >>> Ravi . >>> >> >> Save the email message in mbox format and then you can use git am >> /path/to/mbox/file to apply the email patch to your tree. > > well, actually you don't need to do the whole mbox thing with git. You > only need to get the patches into .patch files in a directory. I believe > you can then use git am /path/to/patches and it will apply the patches > in the order the ls command displays them. are there any git tools to set up this so that i can use them ? > I'm assuming that would be helpful since most people who don't know how > to apply patches from mail also don't have an mbox. > makes sense -- Warm Regards, Ravi Kulkarni. _______________________________________________ Kernelnewbies mailing list Kernelnewbies@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.kernelnewbies.org/mailman/listinfo/kernelnewbies
