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GIT-IMAP-SEND(1) Git Manual GIT-IMAP-SEND(1)
git-imap-send - Send a collection of patches from stdin to an IMAP
folder
git imap-send [-v] [-q] [--[no-]curl]
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
-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.
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.
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.
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 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. 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.
If Git was built with the NO_CURL option, or if your curl version
is older than 7.34.0, or if you’re running git-imap-send with the
--no-curl option, the only supported method is CRAM-MD5. If this
is not set then git imap-send uses the basic IMAP plaintext LOGIN
command.
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
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
user = user@gmail.com
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).
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
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