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[-] Pantherina@feddit.de 1 points 10 months ago

I dont get how that works, you mail those lines with all those

+line
+something
-something

And they can like transform that into git and have it work as an actual patch?

[-] Snarwin@kbin.social 8 points 10 months ago

This website explains the process: https://git-send-email.io/

[-] theamigan@lemmy.dynatron.me 2 points 10 months ago

Yes, it's called a diff and git was designed with exactly this workflow in mind because it's how the Linux kernel has been developed for decades. GitHub is just a new fangled way to social network-ize the git workflow.

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