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@@ -52,12 +52,15 @@ will get a consistent result each time.
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How to configure it
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-For most cases of using patman for U-Boot development, patman will
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-locate and use the file 'doc/git-mailrc' in your U-Boot directory.
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-This contains most of the aliases you will need.
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+For most cases of using patman for U-Boot development, patman can use the
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+file 'doc/git-mailrc' in your U-Boot directory to supply the email aliases
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+you need. To make this work, tell git where to find the file by typing
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+this once:
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-For Linux the 'scripts/get_maintainer.pl' handles figuring out where
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-to send patches pretty well.
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+ git config sendemail.aliasesfile doc/git-mailrc
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+For both Linux and U-Boot the 'scripts/get_maintainer.pl' handles figuring
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+out where to send patches pretty well.
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During the first run patman creates a config file for you by taking the default
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user name and email address from the global .gitconfig file.
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