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Documentation/format-patch: suggest Toggle Word Wrap add-on for Thunderbird

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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>
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Documentation/git-format-patch.txt
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@ -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: