On Sat, Nov 1, 2008 at 8:28 AM, Tom Preston-Werner <tom@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Gmail is one of the most popular email providers in the world. Now that Gmail > supports IMAP, sending properly formatted patches via `git imap-send` is > trivial. This section in SubmittingPatches explains how to do so. > > Signed-off-by: Tom Preston-Werner <tom@xxxxxxxxxx> > --- > Documentation/SubmittingPatches | 27 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > 1 files changed, 27 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/Documentation/SubmittingPatches b/Documentation/SubmittingPatches > index a1e9100..f0295c6 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@xxxxxxxxx > + pass = p4ssw0rd > + port = 993 > + sslverify = false Warning: It is not secure. > + > +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! Are you sure the mail does not get whitespace damaged? Santi -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
