GIT-IMAP-SEND(1)

NAME
git-imap-send - Send a collection of patches from stdin to an IMAP folder

SYNOPSIS

git imap-send

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.

Typical usage is something like:

git format-patch --signoff --stdout --attach origin | git imap-send

CONFIGURATION

To use the tool, imap.folder and either imap.tunnel or imap.host must be set to appropriate values.

  Variables

imap.folder
    The folder to drop the mails into, which is typically the Drafts folder. For example: "INBOX.Drafts", "INBOX/Drafts" or "[Gmail]/Drafts". Required to use imap-send.

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 to use imap-send.

imap.host
    A URL identifying the server. Use a imap:// prefix for non-secure connections and a imaps:// prefix for secure connections. Ignored when imap.tunnel is set, but required to use imap-send 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.

  Examples

Using tunnel mode:

    [imap]
        folder = "INBOX.Drafts"
        tunnel = "ssh -q -C user@example.com /usr/bin/imapd ./Maildir 2> /dev/null"

Using direct mode:

    [imap]
        folder = "INBOX.Drafts"
        host = imap://imap.example.com
        user = bob
        pass = p4ssw0rd

Using direct mode with SSL:

    [imap]
        folder = "INBOX.Drafts"
        host = imaps://imap.example.com
        user = bob
        pass = p4ssw0rd
        port = 123
        sslverify = false

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.

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

BUGS

Doesn't handle lines starting with "From " in the message body.

AUTHOR

Derived from isync 1.0.1 by Mike McCormack.

DOCUMENTATION

Documentation by Mike McCormack

GIT

Part of the git(1) suite