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authorng0 <ng0@we.make.ritual.n0.is>2016-07-21 12:44:57 +0000
committerLudovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>2016-07-24 19:54:15 +0200
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doc: Point out preference of message format.
* doc/contributing.texi (Submitting Patches): Includes a note on
preference of plain text messages with either inline or MIME attachments
and advise contributers to pay attention if their email client breaks the
patches.

Signed-off-by: Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
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diff --git a/doc/contributing.texi b/doc/contributing.texi
index c8f884eacd..c0755bb895 100644
--- a/doc/contributing.texi
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@@ -337,4 +337,7 @@ referring to people, such as
 
 When posting a patch to the mailing list, use @samp{[PATCH] @dots{}} as
 a subject.  You may use your email client or the @command{git
-send-email} command.
+send-email} command.  We prefer to get patches in plain text messages,
+either inline or as MIME attachments.  You are advised to pay attention if
+your email client changes anything like line breaks or indentation which
+could could potentially break the patches.