doc: Point out preference of message format.

* doc/contributing.texi (Submitting Patches): Includes a note on
preference of plain text messages with either inline or MIME attachments
and advise contributers to pay attention if their email client breaks the
patches.

Signed-off-by: Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
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@ -337,4 +337,7 @@ referring to people, such as
When posting a patch to the mailing list, use @samp{[PATCH] @dots{}} as When posting a patch to the mailing list, use @samp{[PATCH] @dots{}} as
a subject. You may use your email client or the @command{git a subject. You may use your email client or the @command{git
send-email} command. send-email} command. We prefer to get patches in plain text messages,
either inline or as MIME attachments. You are advised to pay attention if
your email client changes anything like line breaks or indentation which
could could potentially break the patches.