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| author | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2025-10-15 10:29:32 -0700 |
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| committer | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2025-10-15 10:29:32 -0700 |
| commit | 51195bdab2df4983bb6ddfa49c33b3dd5e4a8430 (patch) | |
| tree | c93587a5a182d2bb00ae263e2d3a95b104b6c8aa | |
| parent | 9c22d96e568433ed56fbbe0cd25ec24d9e593031 (diff) | |
| parent | 785628b173f167ddce96f12829de56588a850355 (diff) | |
| download | git-51195bdab2df4983bb6ddfa49c33b3dd5e4a8430.tar.gz | |
Merge branch 'js/doc-sending-patch-via-thunderbird' into maint-2.51
Doc update.
* js/doc-sending-patch-via-thunderbird:
doc/format-patch: adjust Thunderbird MUA hint to new add-on
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-format-patch.adoc | 12 |
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/git-format-patch.adoc b/Documentation/git-format-patch.adoc index a8b53db9a6..a9cf37182e 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-format-patch.adoc +++ b/Documentation/git-format-patch.adoc @@ -587,13 +587,19 @@ an external editor to keep Thunderbird from mangling the patches. 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 +Install the Toggle Line Wrap add-on that is available from +https://addons.thunderbird.net/thunderbird/addon/toggle-line-wrap +It adds a button "Line Wrap" to the composer's toolbar 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. +As a bonus feature, the add-on can detect patch text in the composer +and warns when line wrapping has not yet been turned off. + +The add-on requires a few tweaks of the advanced configuration +(about:config). These are listed on the download page. + Approach #2 (configuration) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Three steps: |