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authorSean Whitton <spwhitton@spwhitton.name>2019-11-06 21:30:32 -0700
committerSean Whitton <spwhitton@spwhitton.name>2019-11-06 21:30:32 -0700
commite9109da15e340fe6108534cc772a8dac7d9c2dfc (patch)
tree6d581be3de9ab0b4e1ff9392c7b44a1a3e1293a2
parentf4fb8dc03a7939824ece96586b74caec28c3bc0c (diff)
add pointers to mailscripts
-rw-r--r--emacstips.mdwn6
-rw-r--r--frontends.mdwn7
2 files changed, 13 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/emacstips.mdwn b/emacstips.mdwn
index f20b325..79df754 100644
--- a/emacstips.mdwn
+++ b/emacstips.mdwn
@@ -867,3 +867,9 @@ attachment. This is currently work in progress, but you can already
add the hook to your `~/.emacs.d/notmuch-config.el` file to test
it. Details available (and feedback welcome) in the [relevant
discussion](https://notmuchmail.org/pipermail/notmuch/2018/026414.html).
+
+## Applying patches to git repositories
+
+The `notmuch-extract-thread-patches` and
+`notmuch-extract-message-patches` commands from the `elpa-mailscripts`
+package in Debian (and its derivatives) can do this for you.
diff --git a/frontends.mdwn b/frontends.mdwn
index 504a421..349224e 100644
--- a/frontends.mdwn
+++ b/frontends.mdwn
@@ -31,3 +31,10 @@
* [patches](https://github.com/stefanha/patches), a patch tracking system.
* [notmuch-extract-patch](https://github.com/aaptel/notmuch-extract-patch), a tool to extract patches from a thread.
+* [notmuch-import-patch](https://manpages.debian.org/notmuch-import-patch)
+ can import a git branch into your notmuch database as if it had been
+ sent to you with git-send-email(1), so that you can provide comments
+ on the branch by e-mail to its author
+
+notmuch-extract-patch and notmuch-import patch are included in the
+`mailscripts` package in Debian and its derivatives.