From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Bernt Hansen Subject: Re: Patch --- adding an easy template for #+index Date: Thu, 28 Apr 2011 17:31:07 -0400 Message-ID: <87aafakqqs.fsf@norang.ca> References: <10844.1303994001@alphaville.dokosmarshall.org> <1304005134-31639-1-git-send-email-rpgoldman@sift.info> <87ei4mkx80.fsf@norang.ca> <4DB9C72A.6060903@sift.info> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.92]:35958) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QFYno-0008LM-Is for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 28 Apr 2011 17:31:13 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QFYnn-0003YH-Eb for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 28 Apr 2011 17:31:12 -0400 Received: from mho-04-ewr.mailhop.org ([204.13.248.74]:31577 helo=mho-02-ewr.mailhop.org) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QFYnn-0003Y7-Cb for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 28 Apr 2011 17:31:11 -0400 In-Reply-To: <4DB9C72A.6060903@sift.info> (Robert Goldman's message of "Thu, 28 Apr 2011 14:59:38 -0500") List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: rpgoldman@sift.info Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org Robert Goldman writes: > On 4/28/11 Apr 28 -2:11 PM, Bernt Hansen wrote: >> rpgoldman@sift.info writes: >> >>> The next message will contain a patch that provides a new easy template for adding index entries, per Nick Dokos's suggestion. >> >> Hi Robert, >> >> Just a FYI: you can include the above information right in your patch >> after the --- and before the diffstat like this: > > I have been using git send-email, and the only option I understand is > the --compose one, which generates these predecessor emails. Are you > sending an email with a different client and then attaching the patch > files? Or something else? To send a single patch I use git send-email --annotate -1 which drops the patch in an editor before it is sent out. I just add the extra details between the --- and diffstat before the email is sent to the list. --annotate just means you want to edit (annotate) the message before it gets sent. HTH, Bernt