thunderbird-patch-review

Simple email patch review tool for Thunderbird

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Thunderbird Patch Review

Review git patches from email inside Thunderbird

Synopsis

A Thunderbird Add-on. Open a patch email, press Review, comment on hunks, send the review as a mailing-list reply, and apply the series to a local repository with git-am(1).

Screenshots

Installation (source)

Package the extension source code as an .xpi and install it via the Add-ons Manager gear menu (Install Add-on From File...). To package it, run the following from the project root:

(cd extension && zip -qrX ../patch-review.xpi .)

At some point I will upload the add-on to Thunderbird.

Sourcehut integration

When the series arrives via a sourcehut mailing list, an option to set the patch state header will appear when sending the review. It uses Sourcehut's email controls.

Caveats

Patches arriving as attachments, HTML-only mail, and reviewing from a git worktree preview are not supported yet. Series collection searches the folder of the opened message only.

See also

The introductory post contains a small snippet with motivation.

Disclaimer

This add-on was vibe coded using GLM5.2 and built to solve the needs of my team. I was hesitant to share it, as I generally do not like vibe-coded projects. However, given that a tool like this is sorely lacking from the ecosystem, I decided to share it anyway.

I have not reviewed the code line-by-line, but I designed the general approach the system should use, and focused on using as few dependencies as possible. I have also extensively Q&Ad the plugin manually alongside the test suite.

Contributing

Contributions and bug reports go to the mailing list: ~marcc/thunderbird-review-plugin@lists.sr.ht.

Author

Marc Coquand