Re: Question about applying a kernel patch with "git am" received from a mailing list

On Tue, Nov 20, 2012 at 07:24:28PM +0200, Kevin Wilson wrote:

Hi, I am following some kernel mailing lists (netdev and others). I want to be able to save recent patches and to apply the against a git tree.

I tried using MUTT client for this. I save the patch (which is almost always inline).

Then I run git apply --check patchName and git apply patchName and it applies cleanly.

But if I try: git am patchName

It gives "Patch format detection failed."

Any recommendation what to do to apply a patch with "git am"?

Kevin- Just use mutt's 'pipe-message' feature, which is bound to '|' by default. Pipe the message directly to 'git am'. Josh