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Created October 1, 2012 15:24
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Send some patches from git
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git format-patch --cover-letter --subject-prefix="PATCH v2" -o <my_patch_dir_v2> foo..bar
Edit created files in <my_patch_dir> to add things like "Changes since vX" and to fill in patch 0/X info with title and summary.
git send-email <my_patch_dir_v2>
Only add --cover-letter if I want a PATCH 0/X first email which all following patches reply to.
Only add --subject-prefix if "[PATCH]" isn't the prefix I want.
Add --compose to send-email to spawn text editor to write some nice things if didn't use --cover-letter
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