Send Git Patches with GUI Email Clients https://www.topbug.net/blog/2016/12/13/send-git-patches-with-gui-email-clients/

git-gui-email.py

#!/usr/bin/python3

# This file is licensed under CC0 <https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/legalcode>

# https://www.topbug.net/blog/2016/12/13/send-git-patches-with-gui-email-clients/

import sys
import webbrowser

try:
    from urllib.parse import quote  # python 3
except:
    from urllib import quote   # python 2

SUBJECT_PREFIX = 'Subject:'

if len(sys.argv) >= 2:
    to = sys.argv[1]
else:
    to = ''

# Determine the subject
for line in sys.stdin:
    line = line.strip()
    if line.startswith(SUBJECT_PREFIX):
        subject = line[len(SUBJECT_PREFIX):].strip()
        break

# Determine the body
body = ''
for line in sys.stdin:
    body += line

webbrowser.open('mailto:?To={}&Subject={}&Body={}'.format(quote(to), quote(subject), quote(body)))