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| author | Johannes Sixt <j6t@kdbg.org> | 2025-08-22 20:52:24 +0200 |
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| committer | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2025-08-25 09:51:50 -0700 |
| commit | 785628b173f167ddce96f12829de56588a850355 (patch) | |
| tree | 278c7a8eeed732d0080d5ffc0656d4774e389376 | |
| parent | 47243eeed1749662e7c62d879d451a9383a25158 (diff) | |
doc/format-patch: adjust Thunderbird MUA hint to new add-on
There are three tips how to compose a non-line-wrapped patch with
Thunderbird. The first one suggests use of an add-on. The one
referenced has long been superseded by a different one. Update the
link to the new one. Mention that additional configuration is
required to make the add-on work.
Signed-off-by: Johannes Sixt <j6t@kdbg.org>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-format-patch.adoc | 12 |
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/git-format-patch.adoc b/Documentation/git-format-patch.adoc index a8b53db9a6..a9cf37182e 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-format-patch.adoc +++ b/Documentation/git-format-patch.adoc @@ -587,13 +587,19 @@ an external editor to keep Thunderbird from mangling the patches. Approach #1 (add-on) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ -Install the Toggle Word Wrap add-on that is available from -https://addons.mozilla.org/thunderbird/addon/toggle-word-wrap/ -It adds a menu entry "Enable Word Wrap" in the composer's "Options" menu +Install the Toggle Line Wrap add-on that is available from +https://addons.thunderbird.net/thunderbird/addon/toggle-line-wrap +It adds a button "Line Wrap" to the composer's toolbar that you can tick off. Now you can compose the message as you otherwise do (cut + paste, 'git format-patch' | 'git imap-send', etc), but you have to insert line breaks manually in any text that you type. +As a bonus feature, the add-on can detect patch text in the composer +and warns when line wrapping has not yet been turned off. + +The add-on requires a few tweaks of the advanced configuration +(about:config). These are listed on the download page. + Approach #2 (configuration) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Three steps: |
