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| author |  Michael J Gruber <git@drmicha.warpmail.net> | 2010-05-25 10:30:13 +0200 |
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| committer |  Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2010-05-25 10:50:58 -0700 |
| commit | e498257d650529812ffe1872b3cd62e2bd604287 (patch) | |
| tree | 99dcaaabf416dc2e9eee8fee0058177534c932d8 | |
| parent | show-branch: use DEFAULT_ABBREV instead of 7 (diff) | |
| download | tgif-e498257d650529812ffe1872b3cd62e2bd604287.tar.xz | |
Documentation/SubmittingPatches: clarify GMail section and SMTP
We keep getting mangled submissions from GMail's web interface. Try to
be more proactive in SubmittingPatches by
- pointing to MUA specific instructions early on,
- structuring the GMail section more clearly,
- putting send-email/SMTP before imap-send/IMAP.
Signed-off-by: Michael J Gruber <git@drmicha.warpmail.net>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/SubmittingPatches | 40 |
1 files changed, 21 insertions, 19 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/SubmittingPatches b/Documentation/SubmittingPatches index abc65de946..22e38086be 100644 --- a/Documentation/SubmittingPatches +++ b/Documentation/SubmittingPatches @@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ Checklist (and a short version for the impatient): maintainer (gitster@pobox.com) if (and only if) the patch is ready for inclusion. If you use git-send-email(1), please test it first by sending email to yourself. + - see below for instructions specific to your mailer Long version: @@ -519,9 +520,27 @@ Gmail GMail does not appear to have any way to turn off line wrapping in the web interface, so this will mangle any emails that you send. You can however -use any IMAP email client to connect to the google imap server, and forward +use "git send e-mail" and send your patches through the GMail SMTP server, or +use any IMAP email client to connect to the google IMAP server and forward the emails through that. +To use "git send-email" and send your patches through the GMail SMTP server, +edit ~/.gitconfig to specify your account settings: + +[sendemail] + smtpencryption = tls + smtpserver = smtp.gmail.com + smtpuser = user@gmail.com + smtppass = p4ssw0rd + smtpserverport = 587 + +Once your commits are ready to be sent to the mailing list, run the +following commands: + + $ git format-patch --cover-letter -M origin/master -o outgoing/ + $ edit outgoing/0000-* + $ git send-email outgoing/* + To submit using the IMAP interface, first, edit your ~/.gitconfig to specify your account settings: @@ -537,8 +556,7 @@ You might need to instead use: folder = "[Google Mail]/Drafts" if you get an err that the "Folder doesn't exist". Once your commits are ready to be sent to the mailing list, run the -following command to send the patch emails to your Gmail Drafts -folder. +following commands: $ git format-patch --cover-letter -M --stdout origin/master | git imap-send @@ -546,19 +564,3 @@ Just make sure to disable line wrapping in the email client (GMail web interface will line wrap no matter what, so you need to use a real IMAP client). -Alternatively, you can use "git send-email" and send your patches -through the GMail SMTP server. edit ~/.gitconfig to specify your -account settings: - -[sendemail] - smtpencryption = tls - smtpserver = smtp.gmail.com - smtpuser = user@gmail.com - smtppass = p4ssw0rd - smtpserverport = 587 - -Once your commits are ready to be sent to the mailing list, run the -following commands: - - $ git format-patch --cover-letter -M origin/master -o outgoing/ - $ git send-email outgoing/* |