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| author | Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com> | 2011-04-14 21:33:57 -0500 |
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| committer | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2011-04-15 13:28:03 -0700 |
| commit | 36c10e6d7543f9f35295df0113b0c250ad421eb4 (patch) | |
| tree | e9c98f63392bfc550c520c905120a8d2d844d657 /Documentation/git-imap-send.txt | |
| parent | 967ab8efd7f294c05b57db600c4e548d7c4f8b2f (diff) | |
| download | git-36c10e6d7543f9f35295df0113b0c250ad421eb4.tar.gz | |
Documentation: publicize hints for sending patches with GMail
The hints in SubmittingPatches about stopping GMail from clobbering
patches are widely useful both as examples of "git send-email" and
"git imap-send" usage.
Move the documentation to the appropriate places.
While at it, don't encourage storing passwords in config files.
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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1 files changed, 29 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/git-imap-send.txt b/Documentation/git-imap-send.txt index d3013d6a29..4e09708cc9 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-imap-send.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-imap-send.txt @@ -111,6 +111,31 @@ Using direct mode with SSL: .......................... +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 + 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). + CAUTION ------- It is still your responsibility to make sure that the email message @@ -124,6 +149,10 @@ 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) + GIT --- Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite |