From f252df71dddffaa40ed77bd9a5beca2e9d6afaef Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Daniel Kahn Gillmor Date: Sun, 24 Jul 2016 11:27:39 +2000 Subject: [PATCH] Re: Applying patches directly from emails? --- 08/b5baf676611f2903705a958df9e486c8c8a38c | 74 +++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 74 insertions(+) create mode 100644 08/b5baf676611f2903705a958df9e486c8c8a38c diff --git a/08/b5baf676611f2903705a958df9e486c8c8a38c b/08/b5baf676611f2903705a958df9e486c8c8a38c new file mode 100644 index 000000000..ac0f59591 --- /dev/null +++ b/08/b5baf676611f2903705a958df9e486c8c8a38c @@ -0,0 +1,74 @@ +Return-Path: +X-Original-To: notmuch@notmuchmail.org +Delivered-To: notmuch@notmuchmail.org +Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) + by arlo.cworth.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 315B56DE02A7 + for ; Sun, 24 Jul 2016 05:57:55 -0700 (PDT) +X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at cworth.org +X-Spam-Flag: NO +X-Spam-Score: 0.363 +X-Spam-Level: +X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.363 tagged_above=-999 required=5 tests=[AWL=-0.441, + DATE_IN_PAST_12_24=0.804] autolearn=disabled +Received: from arlo.cworth.org ([127.0.0.1]) + by localhost (arlo.cworth.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) + with ESMTP id jrbxs_MuO6Ho for ; + Sun, 24 Jul 2016 05:57:47 -0700 (PDT) +Received: from che.mayfirst.org (che.mayfirst.org [162.247.75.118]) + by arlo.cworth.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CDBB46DE00E8 + for ; Sun, 24 Jul 2016 05:57:45 -0700 (PDT) +Received: from fifthhorseman.net (h-67-100-110-71.nycm.ny.dynamic.megapath.net + [67.100.110.71]) + by che.mayfirst.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 621C9F98B; + Sun, 24 Jul 2016 08:57:44 -0400 (EDT) +Received: by fifthhorseman.net (Postfix, from userid 1000) + id 917832013C; Sat, 23 Jul 2016 17:27:39 +0200 (CEST) +From: Daniel Kahn Gillmor +To: Nicolas Petton , notmuch@notmuchmail.org +Subject: Re: Applying patches directly from emails? +In-Reply-To: <87d1m58jzo.fsf@petton.fr> +References: <87d1m58jzo.fsf@petton.fr> +User-Agent: Notmuch/0.22+77~gaba8744 (https://notmuchmail.org) Emacs/24.5.1 + (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) +Date: Sat, 23 Jul 2016 11:27:39 -0400 +Message-ID: <87fur0l6hg.fsf@alice.fifthhorseman.net> +MIME-Version: 1.0 +Content-Type: text/plain +X-BeenThere: notmuch@notmuchmail.org +X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.20 +Precedence: list +List-Id: "Use and development of the notmuch mail system." + +List-Unsubscribe: , + +List-Archive: +List-Post: +List-Help: +List-Subscribe: , + +X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 24 Jul 2016 12:57:55 -0000 + +Hi Nicolas-- + +On Fri 2016-07-22 17:02:03 -0400, Nicolas Petton wrote: + +> I'd like to be able to apply patches sent from emails, either as +> attachments or inlined. +> +> Notmuch can show inline patches as diffs, which is very handy, but I +> didn't find a builtin way to apply these inline patches (or attached +> ones) directly from the email, maybe I overlooked something? + +If you're asking about notmuch-emacs, I just use "|" (or ". |" if a +MIME subpart is the patch instead of the whole message) to pipe the +patch into some command i care about. + +For example, if it's a git-format-generated e-mail, i'll hit the pipe +character ("|") and then in the minibuffer i'll do: + + cd ~/src/notmuch/notmuch && git am + +does that make sense? If that doesn't work for you, can you be more +specific about what you're trying to do? + + --dkg -- 2.26.2