Documentation/git-imap-send.txt

   1 git-imap-send(1)
   2 ================
   3
   4 NAME
   5 ----
   6 git-imap-send - Send a collection of patches from stdin to an IMAP folder
   7
   8
   9 SYNOPSIS
  10 --------
  11 [verse]
  12 'git imap-send' [-v] [-q] [--[no-]curl]
  13
  14
  15 DESCRIPTION
  16 -----------
  17 This command uploads a mailbox generated with 'git format-patch'
  18 into an IMAP drafts folder.  This allows patches to be sent as
  19 other email is when using mail clients that cannot read mailbox
  20 files directly. The command also works with any general mailbox
  21 in which emails have the fields "From", "Date", and "Subject" in
  22 that order.
  23
  24 Typical usage is something like:
  25
  26 git format-patch --signoff --stdout --attach origin | git imap-send
  27
  28
  29 OPTIONS
  30 -------
  31
  32 -v::
  33 --verbose::
  34         Be verbose.
  35
  36 -q::
  37 --quiet::
  38         Be quiet.
  39
  40 --curl::
  41         Use libcurl to communicate with the IMAP server, unless tunneling
  42         into it.  Ignored if Git was built without the USE_CURL_FOR_IMAP_SEND
  43         option set.
  44
  45 --no-curl::
  46         Talk to the IMAP server using git's own IMAP routines instead of
  47         using libcurl.  Ignored if Git was built with the NO_OPENSSL option
  48         set.
  49
  50
  51 CONFIGURATION
  52 -------------
  53
  54 To use the tool, `imap.folder` and either `imap.tunnel` or `imap.host` must be set
  55 to appropriate values.
  56
  57 include::includes/cmd-config-section-rest.txt[]
  58
  59 include::config/imap.txt[]
  60
  61 EXAMPLES
  62 --------
  63 Using tunnel mode:
  64
  65 ..........................
  66 [imap]
  67     folder = "INBOX.Drafts"
  68     tunnel = "ssh -q -C user@example.com /usr/bin/imapd ./Maildir 2> /dev/null"
  69 ..........................
  70
  71 Using direct mode:
  72
  73 .........................
  74 [imap]
  75     folder = "INBOX.Drafts"
  76     host = imap://imap.example.com
  77     user = bob
  78     pass = p4ssw0rd
  79 .........................
  80
  81 Using direct mode with SSL:
  82
  83 .........................
  84 [imap]
  85     folder = "INBOX.Drafts"
  86     host = imaps://imap.example.com
  87     user = bob
  88     pass = p4ssw0rd
  89     port = 123
  90     ; sslVerify = false
  91 .........................
  92
  93
  94 [NOTE]
  95 You may want to use `sslVerify=false`
  96 while troubleshooting, if you suspect that the reason you are
  97 having trouble connecting is because the certificate you use at
  98 the private server `example.com` you are trying to set up (or
  99 have set up) may not be verified correctly.
 100
 101 Using Gmail's IMAP interface:
 102
 103 ---------
 104 [imap]
 105         folder = "[Gmail]/Drafts"
 106         host = imaps://imap.gmail.com
 107         user = user@gmail.com
 108         port = 993
 109 ---------
 110
 111 [NOTE]
 112 You might need to instead use: `folder = "[Google Mail]/Drafts"` if you get an error
 113 that the "Folder doesn't exist".
 114
 115 [NOTE]
 116 If your Gmail account is set to another language than English, the name of the "Drafts"
 117 folder will be localized.
 118
 119 Once the commits are ready to be sent, run the following command:
 120
 121   $ git format-patch --cover-letter -M --stdout origin/master | git imap-send
 122
 123 Just make sure to disable line wrapping in the email client (Gmail's web
 124 interface will wrap lines no matter what, so you need to use a real
 125 IMAP client).
 126
 127 CAUTION
 128 -------
 129 It is still your responsibility to make sure that the email message
 130 sent by your email program meets the standards of your project.
 131 Many projects do not like patches to be attached.  Some mail
 132 agents will transform patches (e.g. wrap lines, send them as
 133 format=flowed) in ways that make them fail.  You will get angry
 134 flames ridiculing you if you don't check this.
 135
 136 Thunderbird in particular is known to be problematic.  Thunderbird
 137 users may wish to visit this web page for more information:
 138   https://kb.mozillazine.org/Plain_text_e-mail_-_Thunderbird#Completely_plain_email
 139
 140 SEE ALSO
 141 --------
 142 linkgit:git-format-patch[1], linkgit:git-send-email[1], mbox(5)
 143
 144 GIT
 145 ---
 146 Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite