add pointers to mailscripts

diff --git a/emacstips.mdwn b/emacstips.mdwn
index f20b325208683388132fe4f60ba8e6e52fffef07..79df754dc1476639fd9209aface7a72720965412 100644 (file)
--- 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 504a421ce9d03abbebae27dda44a4a72ef8628e7..349224eec7b9cda985ff63c3a59a2ed1ebd0a3b0 100644 (file)
--- 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.