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| author | Junio C Hamano <junio@kernel.org> | 2011-05-05 01:30:38 +0000 |
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| committer | Junio C Hamano <junio@kernel.org> | 2011-05-05 01:30:38 +0000 |
| commit | b77f819e3fe08db387897135c3813e2cfebac86b (patch) | |
| tree | 4b42e3084a3377be27f037a63c570d708f21f4b7 /git-imap-send.txt | |
| parent | 600334628294fbcd6406b55a9a17d270371cb7e5 (diff) | |
| download | git-htmldocs-b77f819e3fe08db387897135c3813e2cfebac86b.tar.gz | |
Autogenerated HTML docs for v1.7.5.1-169-g505a1
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diff --git a/git-imap-send.txt b/git-imap-send.txt index d3013d6a2..4e09708cc 100644 --- a/git-imap-send.txt +++ b/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 |