| git-imap-send(1) |
| ================ |
| |
| NAME |
| ---- |
| git-imap-send - Send a collection of patches from stdin to an IMAP folder |
| |
| |
| SYNOPSIS |
| -------- |
| [verse] |
| 'git imap-send' [-v] [-q] [--[no-]curl] |
| |
| |
| DESCRIPTION |
| ----------- |
| This command uploads a mailbox generated with 'git format-patch' |
| into an IMAP drafts folder. This allows patches to be sent as |
| other email is when using mail clients that cannot read mailbox |
| files directly. The command also works with any general mailbox |
| in which emails have the fields "From", "Date", and "Subject" in |
| that order. |
| |
| Typical usage is something like: |
| |
| git format-patch --signoff --stdout --attach origin | git imap-send |
| |
| |
| OPTIONS |
| ------- |
| |
| -v:: |
| --verbose:: |
| Be verbose. |
| |
| -q:: |
| --quiet:: |
| Be quiet. |
| |
| --curl:: |
| Use libcurl to communicate with the IMAP server, unless tunneling |
| into it. Ignored if Git was built without the USE_CURL_FOR_IMAP_SEND |
| option set. |
| |
| --no-curl:: |
| Talk to the IMAP server using git's own IMAP routines instead of |
| using libcurl. Ignored if Git was built with the NO_OPENSSL option |
| set. |
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| |
| CONFIGURATION |
| ------------- |
| |
| To use the tool, `imap.folder` and either `imap.tunnel` or `imap.host` must be set |
| to appropriate values. |
| |
| include::includes/cmd-config-section-rest.txt[] |
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| include::config/imap.txt[] |
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| EXAMPLES |
| -------- |
| Using tunnel mode: |
| |
| .......................... |
| [imap] |
| folder = "INBOX.Drafts" |
| tunnel = "ssh -q -C user@example.com /usr/bin/imapd ./Maildir 2> /dev/null" |
| .......................... |
| |
| Using direct mode: |
| |
| ......................... |
| [imap] |
| folder = "INBOX.Drafts" |
| host = imap://imap.example.com |
| user = bob |
| pass = p4ssw0rd |
| ......................... |
| |
| Using direct mode with SSL: |
| |
| ......................... |
| [imap] |
| folder = "INBOX.Drafts" |
| host = imaps://imap.example.com |
| user = bob |
| pass = p4ssw0rd |
| port = 123 |
| ; sslVerify = false |
| ......................... |
| |
| |
| [NOTE] |
| You may want to use `sslVerify=false` |
| while troubleshooting, if you suspect that the reason you are |
| having trouble connecting is because the certificate you use at |
| the private server `example.com` you are trying to set up (or |
| have set up) may not be verified correctly. |
| |
| Using Gmail's IMAP interface: |
| |
| --------- |
| [imap] |
| folder = "[Gmail]/Drafts" |
| host = imaps://imap.gmail.com |
| user = user@gmail.com |
| port = 993 |
| --------- |
| |
| [NOTE] |
| You might need to instead use: `folder = "[Google Mail]/Drafts"` if you get an error |
| that the "Folder doesn't exist". |
| |
| [NOTE] |
| If your Gmail account is set to another language than English, the name of the "Drafts" |
| folder will be localized. |
| |
| Once the commits are ready to be sent, run the following command: |
| |
| $ git format-patch --cover-letter -M --stdout origin/master | git imap-send |
| |
| Just make sure to disable line wrapping in the email client (Gmail's web |
| interface will wrap lines no matter what, so you need to use a real |
| IMAP client). |
| |
| CAUTION |
| ------- |
| It is still your responsibility to make sure that the email message |
| sent by your email program meets the standards of your project. |
| Many projects do not like patches to be attached. Some mail |
| agents will transform patches (e.g. wrap lines, send them as |
| format=flowed) in ways that make them fail. You will get angry |
| flames ridiculing you if you don't check this. |
| |
| Thunderbird in particular is known to be problematic. Thunderbird |
| users may wish to visit this web page for more information: |
| http://kb.mozillazine.org/Plain_text_e-mail_-_Thunderbird#Completely_plain_email |
| |
| SEE ALSO |
| -------- |
| linkgit:git-format-patch[1], linkgit:git-send-email[1], mbox(5) |
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| GIT |
| --- |
| Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite |