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diff --git a/Documentation/git-imap-send.txt b/Documentation/git-imap-send.txt index ad446b0e8b..875d2831a5 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-imap-send.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-imap-send.txt @@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ git-imap-send - Send a collection of patches from stdin to an IMAP folder SYNOPSIS -------- +[verse] 'git imap-send' @@ -73,6 +74,10 @@ imap.preformattedHTML:: option causes Thunderbird to send the patch as a plain/text, format=fixed email. Default is `false`. +imap.authMethod:: + Specify authenticate method for authentication with IMAP server. + Current supported method is 'CRAM-MD5' only. + Examples ~~~~~~~~ @@ -107,6 +112,31 @@ Using direct mode with SSL: .......................... +EXAMPLE +------- +To submit patches using GMail's IMAP interface, first, edit your ~/.gitconfig +to specify your account settings: + +--------- +[imap] + folder = "[Gmail]/Drafts" + host = imaps://imap.gmail.com + user = user@gmail.com + port = 993 + sslverify = false +--------- + +You might need to instead use: folder = "[Google Mail]/Drafts" if you get an error +that the "Folder doesn't exist". + +Once the commits are ready to be sent, run the following command: + + $ git format-patch --cover-letter -M --stdout origin/master | git imap-send + +Just make sure to disable line wrapping in the email client (GMail's web +interface will wrap lines no matter what, so you need to use a real +IMAP client). + CAUTION ------- It is still your responsibility to make sure that the email message @@ -120,13 +150,9 @@ Thunderbird in particular is known to be problematic. Thunderbird users may wish to visit this web page for more information: http://kb.mozillazine.org/Plain_text_e-mail_-_Thunderbird#Completely_plain_email -Author ------- -Derived from isync 1.0.1 by Mike McCormack. - -Documentation --------------- -Documentation by Mike McCormack +SEE ALSO +-------- +linkgit:git-format-patch[1], linkgit:git-send-email[1], mbox(5) GIT --- |