Re: [PATCH/POLL] git-format-patch: the default suffix is now .patch, not .txt

Andreas Ericsson wrote:

Most have only "attach" through various means of point-and-click and
drag-and-drop. Thunderbird too lacks the very basic ability of "include
this file as part of the message". I still haven't been able to find an
addon for it that does just that.

I use the External Editor extension with Thunderbird (it's mentioned in SubmittingPatches).

The script below is used as the external editor, which gives me an easy way to send patches
inline with Thunderbird.

/Lukas

#!/bin/bash

CONFFILE=~/.appprc

if [ -e "$CONFFILE" ] ; then
	LAST_DIR=`grep "^LAST_DIR=" $CONFFILE|sed -e 's/^LAST_DIR=//'`
	cd $LAST_DIR
else
	cd > /dev/null
fi

PATCH=$(zenity --file-selection)

if [ "$?" != "0" ] ; then
	#zenity --error --text "No patchfile given."
	exit 1
fi

cd - > /dev/null

SUBJECT=`sed -n -e '/^Subject: /p' $PATCH`
HEADERS=`sed -e '/^Subject: /d' $1`

echo "$SUBJECT" > $1
echo "$HEADERS" >> $1
sed -e '1,/^$/d' $PATCH >> $1

LAST_DIR=`dirname $PATCH`
sed -e 's@^LAST_DIR=.*@LAST_DIR='$LAST_DIR'@' $CONFFILE > $CONFFILE"_"
mv $CONFFILE"_" $CONFFILE