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authorDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>2014-07-16 14:09:34 -0700
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Email clients info for Linux
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+Git
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+These days most developers use `git send-email` instead of regular
+email clients. The man page for this is quite good. On the receiving
+end, maintainers use `git am` to apply the patches.
+
+If you are new to git then send your first patch to yourself. Save it
+as raw text including all the headers. Run `git am raw_email.txt` and
+then review the changelog with `git log`. When that works then send
+the patch to the appropriate mailing list(s).
+
General Preferences
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Patches for the Linux kernel are submitted via email, preferably as