aboutsummaryrefslogtreecommitdiff
path: root/Documentation
diff options
context:
space:
mode:
authorJohannes Sixt <j6t@kdbg.org>2011-04-18 08:31:16 +0200
committerJunio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2011-04-19 11:31:39 -0700
commitb895960516ef3edf66b5200019e2851e1a779053 (patch)
treead09419f593303823d696d96c4ebc496c0ec14d0 /Documentation
parent36c10e6d7543f9f35295df0113b0c250ad421eb4 (diff)
downloadgit-b895960516ef3edf66b5200019e2851e1a779053.tar.gz
git-b895960516ef3edf66b5200019e2851e1a779053.tar.xz
Documentation/format-patch: suggest Toggle Word Wrap add-on for Thunderbird
Of the (now) three methods to send unmangled patches using Thunderbird, this method is listed first because it provides a single-click on-demand option rather than a permanent change of configuration like the other two methods. Signed-off-by: Johannes Sixt <j6t@kdbg.org> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-format-patch.txt18
1 files changed, 14 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt b/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt
index 81b442eb2..c2fd8e4b9 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt
@@ -357,11 +357,21 @@ By default, Thunderbird will both wrap emails as well as flag
them as being 'format=flowed', both of which will make the
resulting email unusable by git.
-There are two different approaches. One approach is to configure
-Thunderbird to not mangle patches. The second approach is to use
+There are three different approaches: use an add-on to turn off line wraps,
+configure Thunderbird to not mangle patches, or use
an external editor to keep Thunderbird from mangling the patches.
-Approach #1 (configuration)
+Approach #1 (add-on)
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+Install the Toggle Word Wrap add-on that is available from
+https://addons.mozilla.org/thunderbird/addon/toggle-word-wrap/
+It adds a menu entry "Enable Word Wrap" in the composer's "Options" menu
+that you can tick off. Now you can compose the message as you otherwise do
+(cut + paste, 'git format-patch' | 'git imap-send', etc), but you have to
+insert line breaks manually in any text that you type.
+
+Approach #2 (configuration)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Three steps:
@@ -388,7 +398,7 @@ After that is done, you should be able to compose email as you
otherwise would (cut + paste, 'git format-patch' | 'git imap-send', etc),
and the patches will not be mangled.
-Approach #2 (external editor)
+Approach #3 (external editor)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
The following Thunderbird extensions are needed: