1 git-imap-send(1)
2 ================
4 NAME
5 ----
6 git-imap-send - Send a collection of patches from stdin to an IMAP folder
9 SYNOPSIS
10 --------
11 'git imap-send'
14 DESCRIPTION
15 -----------
16 This command uploads a mailbox generated with 'git-format-patch'
17 into an IMAP drafts folder. This allows patches to be sent as
18 other email is when using mail clients that cannot read mailbox
19 files directly.
21 Typical usage is something like:
23 git format-patch --signoff --stdout --attach origin | git imap-send
26 CONFIGURATION
27 -------------
29 To use the tool, imap.folder and either imap.tunnel or imap.host must be set
30 to appropriate values.
32 Variables
33 ~~~~~~~~~
35 imap.folder::
36 The folder to drop the mails into, which is typically the Drafts
37 folder. For example: "INBOX.Drafts", "INBOX/Drafts" or
38 "[Gmail]/Drafts". Required to use imap-send.
40 imap.tunnel::
41 Command used to setup a tunnel to the IMAP server through which
42 commands will be piped instead of using a direct network connection
43 to the server. Required when imap.host is not set to use imap-send.
45 imap.host::
46 A URL identifying the server. Use a `imap://` prefix for non-secure
47 connections and a `imaps://` prefix for secure connections.
48 Ignored when imap.tunnel is set, but required to use imap-send
49 otherwise.
51 imap.user::
52 The username to use when logging in to the server.
54 imap.password::
55 The password to use when logging in to the server.
57 imap.port::
58 An integer port number to connect to on the server.
59 Defaults to 143 for imap:// hosts and 993 for imaps:// hosts.
60 Ignored when imap.tunnel is set.
62 imap.sslverify::
63 A boolean to enable/disable verification of the server certificate
64 used by the SSL/TLS connection. Default is `true`. Ignored when
65 imap.tunnel is set.
67 imap.preformattedHTML::
68 A boolean to enable/disable the use of html encoding when sending
69 a patch. An html encoded patch will be bracketed with <pre>
70 and have a content type of text/html. Ironically, enabling this
71 option causes Thunderbird to send the patch as a plain/text,
72 format=fixed email. Default is `false`.
74 Examples
75 ~~~~~~~~
77 Using tunnel mode:
79 ..........................
80 [imap]
81 folder = "INBOX.Drafts"
82 tunnel = "ssh -q -C user@example.com /usr/bin/imapd ./Maildir 2> /dev/null"
83 ..........................
85 Using direct mode:
87 .........................
88 [imap]
89 folder = "INBOX.Drafts"
90 host = imap://imap.example.com
91 user = bob
92 pass = p4ssw0rd
93 ..........................
95 Using direct mode with SSL:
97 .........................
98 [imap]
99 folder = "INBOX.Drafts"
100 host = imaps://imap.example.com
101 user = bob
102 pass = p4ssw0rd
103 port = 123
104 sslverify = false
105 ..........................
108 CAUTION
109 -------
110 It is still your responsibility to make sure that the email message
111 sent by your email program meets the standards of your project.
112 Many projects do not like patches to be attached. Some mail
113 agents will transform patches (e.g. wrap lines, send them as
114 format=flowed) in ways that make them fail. You will get angry
115 flames ridiculing you if you don't check this.
117 Thunderbird in particular is known to be problematic. Thunderbird
118 users may wish to visit this web page for more information:
119 http://kb.mozillazine.org/Plain_text_e-mail_-_Thunderbird#Completely_plain_email
122 BUGS
123 ----
124 Doesn't handle lines starting with "From " in the message body.
127 Author
128 ------
129 Derived from isync 1.0.1 by Mike McCormack.
131 Documentation
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133 Documentation by Mike McCormack
135 GIT
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137 Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite