git-imap-send (1)

Name

git-imap-send - Send a collection of patches from stdin to an IMAP folder

Synopsis

git imap-send

Description

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NAME
     git-imap-send - Send a collection of patches from stdin to
     an IMAP folder

SYNOPSIS
     git imap-send


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

CONFIGURATION
     To use the tool, imap.folder and either imap.tunnel or
     imap.host must be set to appropriate values.

  Variables
     imap.folder
         The folder to drop the mails into, which is typically
         the Drafts folder. For example: "INBOX.Drafts",
         "INBOX/Drafts" or "[Gmail]/Drafts". Required to use
         imap-send.

     imap.tunnel
         Command used to setup a tunnel to the IMAP server
         through which commands will be piped instead of using a
         direct network connection to the server. Required when
         imap.host is not set to use imap-send.

     imap.host
         A URL identifying the server. Use a imap:// prefix for
         non-secure connections and a imaps:// prefix for secure
         connections. Ignored when imap.tunnel is set, but
         required to use imap-send otherwise.

     imap.user
         The username to use when logging in to the server.

     imap.pass
         The password to use when logging in to the server.

     imap.port
         An integer port number to connect to on the server.



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         Defaults to 143 for imap:// hosts and 993 for imaps://
         hosts. Ignored when imap.tunnel is set.

     imap.sslverify
         A boolean to enable/disable verification of the server
         certificate used by the SSL/TLS connection. Default is
         true. Ignored when imap.tunnel is set.

     imap.preformattedHTML
         A boolean to enable/disable the use of html encoding
         when sending a patch. An html encoded patch will be
         bracketed with <pre> and have a content type of
         text/html. Ironically, enabling this option causes
         Thunderbird to send the patch as a plain/text,
         format=fixed email. Default is false.

     imap.authMethod
         Specify authenticate method for authentication with IMAP
         server. Current supported method is CRAM-MD5 only.

  Examples
     Using tunnel mode:

         [imap]
             folder = "INBOX.Drafts"
             tunnel = "ssh -q -C [email protected] /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

EXAMPLE
     To submit patches using GMail's IMAP interface, first, edit
     your ~/.gitconfig to specify your account settings:

         [imap]
                 folder = "[Gmail]/Drafts"
                 host = imaps://imap.gmail.com



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                 user = [email protected]
                 port = 993
                 sslverify = false


     You might need to instead use: folder = "[Google
     Mail]/Drafts" if you get an error that the "Folder doesn't
     exist".

     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


ATTRIBUTES
     See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following
     attributes:

     +---------------+--------------------------+
     |ATTRIBUTE TYPE |     ATTRIBUTE VALUE      |
     +---------------+--------------------------+
     |Availability   | developer/versioning/git |
     +---------------+--------------------------+
     |Stability      | Uncommitted              |
     +---------------+--------------------------+
SEE ALSO
     git-format-patch(1), git-send-email(1), mbox(4)

GIT
     Part of the git(1) suite






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NOTES
     This software was built from source available at
     https://java.net/projects/solaris-userland.  The original
     community source was downloaded from  http://git-
     core.googlecode.com/files/git-1.7.9.2.tar.gz

     Further information about this software can be found on the
     open source community website at http://git-scm.com/.















































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