Thunderbird warning repeat - use --attach

[Boaz Harrosh]

Jeremy White wrote:
> So it seems as though every month or so, some id10t is bit by
> the Thunderbird bug where it mangles perfectly reasonable looking
> git-format-patch drafts.
> 
> This month, I won the prize! :-)
> 
> I had always habitually done --attach, because that's what GitWine says to do.
> But after scratching my head, reading man pages, and
> checking my drafts, I decided that was lame; inline is always nicer, and
> I dropped the --attach.  Big mistake; the draft may look okay, but the end result
> is mangled somehow.
> 
> Thanks to Dmitry for alerting me.
> 
> I've filed a bug with Mozilla over this:
>    https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=435020
> 
> My sense is that its a subtle bug of some kind; I've had a hard
> time articulating a strategy to reproduce it (which, by Occam's
> razor, immediately suggests I'm just missing something :-/).
> 
> So if others are bit by this and can share any clues or tips
> for the Mozilla devs on how to reproduce it, I'd appreciate it.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Jeremy
> 

It's a known issue with Thunderbird and git. you need to set
mailnews.send_plaintext_flowed = false
and 
mailnews.wraplength = 0

Cheers 
Boaz