On Tue, Nov 20, 2012 at 07:24:28PM +0200, Kevin Wilson wrote: > Hi, > I am following some kernel mailing lists (netdev and others). > I want to be able to save recent patches and to apply the against a git tree. > > I tried using MUTT client for this. I save the patch (which is almost > always inline). > > Then I run > git apply --check patchName > and > git apply patchName > and it applies cleanly. > > But if I try: > git am patchName > > It gives > "Patch format detection failed." > > Any recommendation what to do to apply a patch > with "git am"? Kevin- Just use mutt's 'pipe-message' feature, which is bound to '|' by default. Pipe the message directly to 'git am'. Josh _______________________________________________ Kernelnewbies mailing list Kernelnewbies@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.kernelnewbies.org/mailman/listinfo/kernelnewbies