On Sat, Nov 1, 2008 at 3:00 AM, Santi Béjar <santi@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:> 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. It is true that the certificate is not verified, but since the patchesare destined for a public mailing list, this does not represent alarge problem. >> +>> +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? Yes, I have sent patches using exactly this method. Here is an exampleof one I sent today:http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.git/99759. Tabsare preserved and lines are not wrapped improperly. Tom��.n��������+%������w��{.n��������n�r������&��z�ޗ�zf���h���~����������_��+v���)ߣ�m
