hgext: more patchbomb documentation
+ Add a description of how to enable this extension
+ Note which command it provides (it's not very easy to guess
that "hgext.patchbomb" enables the "email" command, unless one
can read Python sources)
+ Expand the descriptions of the -n and -m options of "hg email".
+ Mention that formail is (commonly) part of the procmail package.
--- a/hgext/patchbomb.py Wed Aug 16 10:53:01 2006 -0700
+++ b/hgext/patchbomb.py Tue Aug 15 23:37:37 2006 +0300
@@ -23,22 +23,45 @@
# the changeset summary, so you can be sure you are sending the right
# changes.
#
-# It is best to run this script with the "-n" (test only) flag before
-# firing it up "for real", in which case it will use your pager to
-# display each of the messages that it would send.
+# To enable this extension:
#
-# The "-m" (mbox) option will create an mbox file instead of sending
-# the messages directly. This can be reviewed e.g. with "mutt -R -f mbox",
-# and finally sent with "formail -s sendmail -bm -t < mbox".
+# [extensions]
+# hgext.patchbomb =
#
# To configure other defaults, add a section like this to your hgrc
# file:
#
-# [email]
-# from = My Name <my@email>
-# to = recipient1, recipient2, ...
-# cc = cc1, cc2, ...
-# bcc = bcc1, bcc2, ...
+# [email]
+# from = My Name <my@email>
+# to = recipient1, recipient2, ...
+# cc = cc1, cc2, ...
+# bcc = bcc1, bcc2, ...
+#
+# Then you can use the "hg email" command to mail a series of changesets
+# as a patchbomb.
+#
+# To avoid sending patches prematurely, it is a good idea to first run
+# the "email" command with the "-n" option (test only). You will be
+# prompted for an email recipient address, a subject an an introductory
+# message describing the patches of your patchbomb. Then when all is
+# done, your pager will be fired up once for each patchbomb message, so
+# you can verify everything is alright.
+#
+# The "-m" (mbox) option is also very useful. Instead of previewing
+# each patchbomb message in a pager or sending the messages directly,
+# it will create a UNIX mailbox file with the patch emails. This
+# mailbox file can be previewed with any mail user agent which supports
+# UNIX mbox files, i.e. with mutt:
+#
+# % mutt -R -f mbox
+#
+# When you are previewing the patchbomb messages, you can use `formail'
+# (a utility that is commonly installed as part of the procmail package),
+# to send each message out:
+#
+# % formail -s sendmail -bm -t < mbox
+#
+# That should be all. Now your patchbomb is on its way out.
from mercurial.demandload import *
demandload(globals(), '''email.MIMEMultipart email.MIMEText email.Utils