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| author |  Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2008-11-02 00:15:22 -0700 |
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| committer | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2008-11-02 00:15:22 -0700 |
| commit | aebd173ffa7a4e67447f0157a14abde7767c54e9 (patch) | |
| tree | 2c3c660e441d93120a42cfac5c909dcbd2f5b275 /Documentation/SubmittingPatches | |
| parent | Merge git://repo.or.cz/git-gui (diff) | |
| parent | Start 1.6.0.4 cycle (diff) | |
| download | tgif-aebd173ffa7a4e67447f0157a14abde7767c54e9.tar.xz | |
Merge branch 'maint'
* maint:
Start 1.6.0.4 cycle
add instructions on how to send patches to the mailing list with Gmail
Documentation/gitattributes: Add subsection header for each attribute
git send-email: avoid leaking directory file descriptors.
send-pack: do not send out single-level refs such as refs/stash
fix overlapping memcpy in normalize_absolute_path
pack-objects: avoid reading uninitalized data
correct cache_entry allocation
Conflicts:
RelNotes
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/SubmittingPatches')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/SubmittingPatches | 27 |
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diff --git a/Documentation/SubmittingPatches b/Documentation/SubmittingPatches index a1e9100f9e..f0295c60f5 100644 --- a/Documentation/SubmittingPatches +++ b/Documentation/SubmittingPatches @@ -456,3 +456,30 @@ This should help you to submit patches inline using KMail. 5) Back in the compose window: add whatever other text you wish to the message, complete the addressing and subject fields, and press send. + + +Gmail +----- + +Submitting properly formatted patches via Gmail is simple now that +IMAP support is available. First, edit your ~/.gitconfig to specify your +account settings: + +[imap] + folder = "[Gmail]/Drafts" + host = imaps://imap.gmail.com + user = user@gmail.com + pass = p4ssw0rd + port = 993 + sslverify = false + +Next, ensure that your Gmail settings are correct. In "Settings" the +"Use Unicode (UTF-8) encoding for outgoing messages" should be checked. + +Once your commits are ready to send to the mailing list, run the following +command to send the patch emails to your Gmail Drafts folder. + + $ git format-patch -M --stdout origin/master | git imap-send + +Go to your Gmail account, open the Drafts folder, find the patch email, fill +in the To: and CC: fields and send away! |