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Hi Adolf,

On 24.05.2026 13:51, Matthias Fischer wrote:
> When I have needed to do that I have added --cover-letter to my git format-patch -N -o ....

I read some documentation (think of it!) and it was easier than I thought:

git send-email --annotate --smtp-domain=devel64-1.localdomain
--cover-letter -4

This did the job... ;-) Easy.

Best
Matthias