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diff --git a/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt b/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt index 04e0f02d8..81b442eb2 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt @@ -337,6 +337,20 @@ MUA-SPECIFIC HINTS Here are some hints on how to successfully submit patches inline using various mailers. +GMail +~~~~~ +GMail does not have any way to turn off line wrapping in the web +interface, so it will mangle any emails that you send. You can however +use "git send-email" and send your patches through the GMail SMTP server, or +use any IMAP email client to connect to the google IMAP server and forward +the emails through that. + +For hints on using 'git send-email' to send your patches through the +GMail SMTP server, see the EXAMPLE section of linkgit:git-send-email[1]. + +For hints on submission using the IMAP interface, see the EXAMPLE +section of linkgit:git-imap-send[1]. + Thunderbird ~~~~~~~~~~~ By default, Thunderbird will both wrap emails as well as flag |