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

Andreas Rheinhardt andreas.rheinhardt at outlook.com
Sat Aug 7 14:51:29 EEST 2021


Soft Works:
> (v2: fix doc build)

This should be directly after the --- below.

> 
> 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'.

I guess this is supposed to be execute.

> +
> + 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
> 



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