Re: [REQ/DISCUSSION] patch managing system

[Andy Wingo]

On Wed 23 Mar 2016 09:15, Chris Marusich <address@hidden> writes:

> Ricardo Wurmus <address@hidden> writes:
>
>> I’m using an email client in Emacs, so the email as well as the attached
>> patch is shown in a regular text buffer.  When I see the patch I can
>> directly apply it by running “git am” on the buffer contents, or by
>> opening a shell and running “git am” on the file associated with the
>> buffer.
>>
>> Using Emacs it’s very little work.  It would be more work and probably
>> more awkward when using an external email client or a web browser.
>
> Fascinating!  I'm also using emacs.  When you say that you run "git am"
> on the buffer contents, how do you do that?  I don't see any likely
> procedures with "git" in their name (searching via "C-h a").

In Gnus, I use gnus-summary-pipe-output, which is bound to `|'.  Usually
I have to then pipe to ( cd ~/src/guix; git am ).  Low-tech :)

Andy