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Comment by db48x

10 months ago

But you only have to figure that out once. Amortized over many contributions the cost is essentially nothing.

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solarkraft  10 months ago

But the initial cost is what determines whether the first patch will ever be sent, so the amortization may never happen.

  • db48x  10 months ago

    I guess technically that’s true, but it cannot possibly take long to learn how to use `git format-patch`, and everyone should already know how to attach a file to an email. Even if you have to spend half an hour reading the entire output of `git format-patch --help`, is that really enough to prevent you from sending your first patch?