Email Patch Review Tool for Thunderbird

A developer created a Thunderbird plugin that adds a patch review interface for git email workflows, including Sourcehut integration. The tool aims to simplify code review for teams transitioning to email-based patch submission.

Email Patch Review Tool for Thunderbird At $WORK, I have been slowly introducing my team to the git email workflow. Sending is working great, it was a bit painful to set up, but it is a lot less confusing then having to create a fork, branch out, etc. However reviewing patches is a different story. The existing tooling is very much built for those who live in terminals or Emacs . I wanted a tool that I could introduce to my teammates that would make it easy for them to get started with git patches. So I tasked an AI to create a plugin for Thunderbird. It introduces a patch button the user can click on. Clicking it, users will find a familiar review interface. It also has Sourcehut integration, so if it detects that the email is part of a Sourcehut mailing list, you can optionally also set the status of the patch. I really think the issue with the email workflow is not so much the workflow itself but rather the tooling around it. The source code https://mccd.space/git/thunderbird-patch-review/file/README.html is published for free. I've yet to publish the plugin in the addon manager, but for now it is quite straight forward to install it from source. There is a README with instructions. Reply mailto:reply@mccd.space?subject=Re%3A%20Thunderbird%20plugin