1GIT-IMAP-SEND(1) Git Manual GIT-IMAP-SEND(1)
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6 git-imap-send - Send a collection of patches from stdin to an IMAP
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10 git imap-send
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13 This command uploads a mailbox generated with git format-patch into an
14 IMAP drafts folder. This allows patches to be sent as other email is
15 when using mail clients that cannot read mailbox files directly. The
16 command also works with any general mailbox in which emails have the
17 fields "From", "Date", and "Subject" in that order.
18 Typical usage is something like:
20 git format-patch --signoff --stdout --attach origin | git imap-send
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24 To use the tool, imap.folder and either imap.tunnel or imap.host must
25 be set to appropriate values.
26 Variables
28 imap.folder
29 The folder to drop the mails into, which is typically the Drafts
30 folder. For example: "INBOX.Drafts", "INBOX/Drafts" or
31 "[Gmail]/Drafts". Required to use imap-send.
32 imap.tunnel
34 Command used to setup a tunnel to the IMAP server through which
35 commands will be piped instead of using a direct network connection
36 to the server. Required when imap.host is not set to use imap-send.
37 imap.host
39 A URL identifying the server. Use a imap:// prefix for non-secure
40 connections and a imaps:// prefix for secure connections. Ignored
41 when imap.tunnel is set, but required to use imap-send otherwise.
42 imap.user
44 The username to use when logging in to the server.
45 imap.pass
47 The password to use when logging in to the server.
48 imap.port
50 An integer port number to connect to on the server. Defaults to 143
51 for imap:// hosts and 993 for imaps:// hosts. Ignored when
52 imap.tunnel is set.
53 imap.sslverify
55 A boolean to enable/disable verification of the server certificate
56 used by the SSL/TLS connection. Default is true. Ignored when
57 imap.tunnel is set.
58 imap.preformattedHTML
60 A boolean to enable/disable the use of html encoding when sending a
61 patch. An html encoded patch will be bracketed with <pre> and have
62 a content type of text/html. Ironically, enabling this option
63 causes Thunderbird to send the patch as a plain/text, format=fixed
64 email. Default is false.
65 imap.authMethod
67 Specify authenticate method for authentication with IMAP server.
68 Current supported method is CRAM-MD5 only.
69 Examples
71 Using tunnel mode:
72 [imap]
74 folder = "INBOX.Drafts"
75 tunnel = "ssh -q -C user@example.com /usr/bin/imapd ./Maildir 2> /dev/null"
76 Using direct mode:
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80 folder = "INBOX.Drafts"
81 host = imap://imap.example.com
82 user = bob
83 pass = p4ssw0rd
84 Using direct mode with SSL:
86 [imap]
88 folder = "INBOX.Drafts"
89 host = imaps://imap.example.com
90 user = bob
91 pass = p4ssw0rd
92 port = 123
93 sslverify = false
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96 It is still your responsibility to make sure that the email message
97 sent by your email program meets the standards of your project. Many
98 projects do not like patches to be attached. Some mail agents will
99 transform patches (e.g. wrap lines, send them as format=flowed) in ways
100 that make them fail. You will get angry flames ridiculing you if you
101 don’t check this.
102 Thunderbird in particular is known to be problematic. Thunderbird users
104 may wish to visit this web page for more information:
105 http://kb.mozillazine.org/Plain_text_e-mail_-_Thunderbird#Completely_plain_email
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108 Derived from isync 1.0.1 by Mike McCormack.
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111 Documentation by Mike McCormack
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114 Part of the git(1) suite
115Git 1.7.1 08/16/2017 GIT-IMAP-SEND(1)