I have a good time reading and applying patches, sending them via git-format-patch / git-send-email, and I wonder how I could improve my workflow. Of course, there are more convenient tools for this than GMail or Thunderbird.
My mail comes from an IMAP server, so I am pretty flexible about the solution. Clients with a text interface or a graphical interface work fine even with websites if they do this job correctly. I am mainly looking for a good general-purpose email client that can easily export git patches without destroying them. It should be used on Linux.
Extra points for:
- GMail threading threads
- Highlighting patches (e.g. green for new lines, red for deleted lines, ...)
- The ability to see the patch applied to this code base (external tools are in order, if they can be called by the client).
I was surprised that I did not find a similar question, as this seems like a fairly common use of git and email. Thanks for your suggestions!
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