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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>
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@ -357,11 +357,21 @@ By default, Thunderbird will both wrap emails as well as flag
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them as being 'format=flowed', both of which will make the
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resulting email unusable by git.
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There are two different approaches. One approach is to configure
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Thunderbird to not mangle patches. The second approach is to use
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There are three different approaches: use an add-on to turn off line wraps,
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configure Thunderbird to not mangle patches, or use
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an external editor to keep Thunderbird from mangling the patches.
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Approach #1 (configuration)
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Approach #1 (add-on)
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^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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Install the Toggle Word Wrap add-on that is available from
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https://addons.mozilla.org/thunderbird/addon/toggle-word-wrap/
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It adds a menu entry "Enable Word Wrap" in the composer's "Options" menu
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that you can tick off. Now you can compose the message as you otherwise do
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(cut + paste, 'git format-patch' | 'git imap-send', etc), but you have to
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insert line breaks manually in any text that you type.
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Approach #2 (configuration)
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^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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Three steps:
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otherwise would (cut + paste, 'git format-patch' | 'git imap-send', etc),
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and the patches will not be mangled.
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Approach #2 (external editor)
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Approach #3 (external editor)
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^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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The following Thunderbird extensions are needed:
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