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diff --git a/Documentation/SubmittingPatches b/Documentation/SubmittingPatches index c686f8646b..84248daa58 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: @@ -519,12 +520,28 @@ 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 -the emails through that. Just make sure to disable line wrapping in that -email client. Alternatively, use "git send-email" instead. +use "git send-email" 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. -Submitting properly formatted patches via Gmail is simple now that -IMAP support is available. First, edit your ~/.gitconfig to specify your +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: [imap] @@ -538,14 +555,12 @@ account settings: You might need to instead use: folder = "[Google Mail]/Drafts" if you get an error that the "Folder doesn't exist". -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. +Once your commits are ready to be sent to the mailing list, run the +following commands: - $ git format-patch -M --stdout origin/master | git imap-send + $ git format-patch --cover-letter -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! +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). |