Loading a diff from a patch sent via mail
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Description
Hey,
I would like to load a patch that was sent via email. I saw that formatting an email is implemented but parsing an email is not, is it? Can I simply use the from_buffer method to load the actual patch into a diff?
Best regards and thanks in advance!!
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First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by reviewing git2::Email::from_diff and git2::Diff::from_buffer, which the issue identifies as the relevant entry points. Determine whether an email-delivered patch can be parsed through the existing diff API; done should be a documented answer or a clearly scoped implementation path.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- git, rust
- Domain
- devtools
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Quiet
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 38/100