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SubmittingPatches: encourage users to use format-patch and send-email
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In step "(4) Sending your patches", we instruct users to do an
inline patch, avoid breaking whitespaces, avoid attachments, use
[PATCH v2] for second round, etc., all of which format-patch and
send-email combo know how to do well.

The need was identified by, and the text is based on the work by
Cody Taylor.

Suggested-by: Cody Taylor <cody.taylor@maternityneighborhood.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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(4) Sending your patches.

Learn to use format-patch and send-email if possible. These commands
are optimized for the workflow of sending patches, avoiding many ways
your existing e-mail client that is optimized for "multipart/*" mime
type e-mails to corrupt and render your patches unusable.

People on the Git mailing list need to be able to read and
comment on the changes you are submitting. It is important for
a developer to be able to "quote" your changes, using standard
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