NAME
git-imap-send - Send a collection of patches from stdin to an IMAP folderSYNOPSIS
git imap-send [-v] [-q] [--[no-]curl]
DESCRIPTION
This command uploads a mailbox generated with git format-patch into an IMAP drafts folder. This allows patches to be sent as other email is when using mail clients that cannot read mailbox files directly. The command also works with any general mailbox in which emails have the fields "From", "Date", and "Subject" in that order.OPTIONS
-v, --verboseBe verbose.
-q, --quiet
Be quiet.
--curl
Use libcurl to communicate with the IMAP
server, unless tunneling into it. Ignored if Git was built without the
USE_CURL_FOR_IMAP_SEND option set.
--no-curl
Talk to the IMAP server using git’s own
IMAP routines instead of using libcurl. Ignored if Git was built with the
NO_OPENSSL option set.
CONFIGURATION
To use the tool, imap.folder and either imap.tunnel or imap.host must be set to appropriate values.The folder to drop the mails into, which is
typically the Drafts folder. For example: "INBOX.Drafts",
"INBOX/Drafts" or "[Gmail]/Drafts". Required.
imap.tunnel
Command used to setup a tunnel to the IMAP
server through which commands will be piped instead of using a direct network
connection to the server. Required when imap.host is not set.
imap.host
A URL identifying the server. Use an
imap:// prefix for non-secure connections and an imaps:// prefix
for secure connections. Ignored when imap.tunnel is set, but required
otherwise.
imap.user
The username to use when logging in to the
server.
imap.pass
The password to use when logging in to the
server.
imap.port
An integer port number to connect to on the
server. Defaults to 143 for imap:// hosts and 993 for imaps:// hosts. Ignored
when imap.tunnel is set.
imap.sslverify
A boolean to enable/disable verification of
the server certificate used by the SSL/TLS connection. Default is true.
Ignored when imap.tunnel is set.
imap.preformattedHTML
A boolean to enable/disable the use of html
encoding when sending a patch. An html encoded patch will be bracketed with
<pre> and have a content type of text/html. Ironically, enabling this
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. If Git was built with the NO_CURL option, or if your curl
version is older than 7.34.0, or if you’re running git-imap-send with
the --no-curl option, the only supported method is CRAM-MD5. If
this is not set then git imap-send uses the basic IMAP plaintext LOGIN
command.
EXAMPLES
Using tunnel mode:[imap] folder = "INBOX.Drafts" tunnel = "ssh -q -C [email protected] /usr/bin/imapd ./Maildir 2> /dev/null"
[imap] folder = "INBOX.Drafts" host = imap://imap.example.com user = bob pass = p4ssw0rd
[imap] folder = "INBOX.Drafts" host = imaps://imap.example.com user = bob pass = p4ssw0rd port = 123 ; sslVerify = false
[imap] folder = "[Gmail]/Drafts" host = imaps://imap.gmail.com user = [email protected] port = 993
$ git format-patch --cover-letter -M --stdout origin/master | git imap-send
CAUTION
It is still your responsibility to make sure that the email message sent by your email program meets the standards of your project. Many projects do not like patches to be attached. Some mail agents will transform patches (e.g. wrap lines, send them as format=flowed) in ways that make them fail. You will get angry flames ridiculing you if you don’t check this.SEE ALSO
git-format-patch(1), git-send-email(1), mbox(5)GIT
Part of the git(1) suite02/28/2023 | Git 2.39.2 |