From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Russ Brown Subject: Re: Mailing patch series' Date: Sat, 15 Sep 2007 11:44:26 -0500 Message-ID: <46EC0BEA.6060608@gmail.com> References: <46EB301B.8050602@gmail.com> <20070915023518.GX3099@spearce.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: git@vger.kernel.org X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Sat Sep 15 18:44:46 2007 Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git-2@gmane.org Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.176.167]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1IWal9-0008Ry-Dx for gcvg-git-2@gmane.org; Sat, 15 Sep 2007 18:44:43 +0200 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751948AbXIOQoj (ORCPT ); Sat, 15 Sep 2007 12:44:39 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751851AbXIOQoj (ORCPT ); Sat, 15 Sep 2007 12:44:39 -0400 Received: from wx-out-0506.google.com ([66.249.82.237]:52990 "EHLO wx-out-0506.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751172AbXIOQoi (ORCPT ); Sat, 15 Sep 2007 12:44:38 -0400 Received: by wx-out-0506.google.com with SMTP id h31so1024905wxd for ; Sat, 15 Sep 2007 09:44:37 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:references:in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=xs3Z5gR//qMEaiprCrQ5DOH086WRTIjwPYT/kPwjHaM=; b=kfMXo8EyOal4jx2+xmM/8pGwR+joLkoWRNh24EwAz4UutYZrkkYqg6sm5uVHiGq998nyTeWpHokGBWW442W2pR9VaSgFOcHO+RtOdVDWN4/3nkMEE4/PXWHBYI8Qy9dJAwy2I8xAgXrFkeyH2S5zVLWpFZBQofzqeMBXhS0fpPw= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=received:message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:references:in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=BaXv+RFmEfpx6AqVYosA5Ehv9zxhAfP/OPUC1yhZgWsisSr3fZFgXNPysUyqpLRH/b1LZzBg4fJftQ90AVlYB17NLb0+GQtyRwdxMo34OVxqnzFiRhmKEoP7vtZqa4tELm+qNXlrccxFnWDnvlXEMi8TUohLu27jOeUkYhPVyA8= Received: by 10.90.96.7 with SMTP id t7mr1204701agb.1189874677652; Sat, 15 Sep 2007 09:44:37 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ?192.168.0.100? ( [71.170.122.29]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id e27sm3114088elf.2007.09.15.09.44.35 (version=SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Sat, 15 Sep 2007 09:44:36 -0700 (PDT) User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.6 (X11/20070807) In-Reply-To: <20070915023518.GX3099@spearce.org> Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: Shawn O. Pearce wrote: > Russ Brown wrote: >> I've noticed the method of mailing series' of patches on this mailing >> list, and I'd like to know a little more about how it's done, as I'm >> considering how well it might work for us as a workflow and review process. >> >> Particularly, where does the series of patches come from? > > Usually from Git itself, as in each Git commit is turned into its > own email message by `git format-patch` which can then be sent by > `git send-email` or your favorite mail client. > Shawn, thank you very much for your extremely detailed and helpful explanation. It's given me plenty of food for thought! Thanks again! -- Russ