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doc/developer: add description about safely sending patches via E-Mail clients

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Signed-off-by: softworkz <softworkz@hotmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Marton Balint <cus@passwd.hu>
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@@ -494,6 +494,22 @@ patch is inline or attached per mail.
You can check @url{https://patchwork.ffmpeg.org}, if your patch does not show up, its mime type You can check @url{https://patchwork.ffmpeg.org}, if your patch does not show up, its mime type
likely was wrong. likely was wrong.
@subheading Sending patches from email clients
Using @code{git send-email} might not be desirable for everyone. The
following trick allows to send patches via email clients in a safe
way. It has been tested with Outlook and Thunderbird (with X-Unsent
extension) and might work with other applications.
Create your patch like this:
@verbatim
git format-patch -s -o "outputfolder" --add-header "X-Unsent: 1" --suffix .eml --to ffmpeg-devel@ffmpeg.org -1 1a2b3c4d
@end verbatim
Now you'll just need to open the eml file with the email application
and execute 'Send'.
@subheading Reviews
Your patch will be reviewed on the mailing list. You will likely be asked Your patch will be reviewed on the mailing list. You will likely be asked
to make some changes and are expected to send in an improved version that to make some changes and are expected to send in an improved version that
incorporates the requests from the review. This process may go through incorporates the requests from the review. This process may go through