[FFmpeg-devel] [PATCH v2] doc/developer: Add description about safely sending patches via E-Mail clients

Soft Works softworkz at hotmail.com
Sat Aug 7 08:49:59 EEST 2021


(v2: fix doc build)

Signed-off-by: softworkz <softworkz at hotmail.com>
---
 doc/developer.texi | 16 ++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+)

diff --git a/doc/developer.texi b/doc/developer.texi
index b33cab0fc7..ce5500b85d 100644
--- a/doc/developer.texi
+++ b/doc/developer.texi
@@ -494,6 +494,22 @@ patch is inline or attached per mail.
 You can check @url{https://patchwork.ffmpeg.org}, if your patch does not show up, its mime type
 likely was wrong.
 
+ at subheading Sending E-Mail Client - Example for MS Outlook.
+Using @code{git send-email} might not be desirable for everyone. The 
+following trick allows to send patches via E-Mail clients in a safe 
+way. It has been tested with Outlook and Thunderbird (with X-Unsent
+extension) and might work with other applications.
+
+Create your patch like this:
+
+ at verbatim
+git format-patch -s -o "outputfolder" --add-header "X-Unsent: 1" --suffix .eml --to ffmpeg-devel at ffmpeg.org -1 1a2b3c4d
+ at end verbatim
+
+Now you'll just need to open the eml file with the E-Mail application
+and execure 'Send'.
+
+ at subheading Reviews.
 Your patch will be reviewed on the mailing list. You will likely be asked
 to make some changes and are expected to send in an improved version that
 incorporates the requests from the review. This process may go through
-- 
2.28.0.windows.1



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