On Tue, Nov 20, 2012 at 07:53:57PM +0200, Kevin Wilson wrote: > On Tue, Nov 20, 2012 at 7:39 PM, Josh Cartwright <joshc@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > 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'. > > Hi, > Thanks for the quick response! I press "|" , I want to pipe to the > git tree (which is /work/src/net-next). How do I tell pipe that the > path of git tree is there? Simple! Instead of piping to 'git am', pipe to 'cd /work/src/net-next && git am'. Alternatively, run mutt from your source tree. Josh _______________________________________________ Kernelnewbies mailing list Kernelnewbies@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.kernelnewbies.org/mailman/listinfo/kernelnewbies
