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. Typical usage is something like: git format-patch --signoff --stdout --attach origin | git imap-sendOptions
-v, --verbose Be 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\(cqs 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.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.
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\(cqre 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"Using direct mode:
[imap] folder = "INBOX.Drafts" host = imap://imap.example.com user = bob pass = p4ssw0rdUsing direct mode with SSL:
[imap] folder = "INBOX.Drafts" host = imaps://imap.example.com user = bob pass = p4ssw0rd port = 123 ; sslVerify = falseNote You may want to use sslVerify=false while troubleshooting, if you suspect that the reason you are having trouble connecting is because the certificate you use at the private server example.com you are trying to set up (or have set up) may not be verified correctly. Using Gmail\(cqs IMAP interface:
[imap] folder = "[Gmail]/Drafts" host = imaps://imap.gmail.com user = [email protected] port = 993Note You might need to instead use: folder = "[Google Mail]/Drafts" if you get an error that the "Folder doesn\(cqt exist". Note If your Gmail account is set to another language than English, the name of the "Drafts" folder will be localized. Once the commits are ready to be sent, run the following command:
$ git format-patch --cover-letter -M --stdout origin/master | git imap-sendJust make sure to disable line wrapping in the email client (Gmail\(cqs web interface will wrap lines no matter what, so you need to use a real IMAP client).