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commit 0f53b886e27ac6ea340d19f3627c273c7f82016e
Author: ng0 <[email protected]>
Date: Thu Jul 21 12:44:57 2016 +0000
doc: Point out preference of message format.
* doc/contributing.texi (Submitting Patches): Includes a note on
preference of plain text messages with either inline or MIME attachments
and advise contributers to pay attention if their email client breaks the
patches.
Signed-off-by: Ludovic Courtès <[email protected]>
---
doc/contributing.texi | 5 ++++-
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/doc/contributing.texi b/doc/contributing.texi
index c8f884e..c0755bb 100644
--- a/doc/contributing.texi
+++ b/doc/contributing.texi
@@ -337,4 +337,7 @@ referring to people, such as
When posting a patch to the mailing list, use @samp{[PATCH] @dots{}} as
a subject. You may use your email client or the @command{git
-send-email} command.
+send-email} command. We prefer to get patches in plain text messages,
+either inline or as MIME attachments. You are advised to pay attention if
+your email client changes anything like line breaks or indentation which
+could could potentially break the patches.
