[PATCH 2/6] Google has renamed the imap folder
Also add a comment that the web interface wraps the lines
Signed-off-by: John Tapsell <johnflux@gmail.com>
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Documentation/SubmittingPatches | 12 +++++++++++-
1 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/SubmittingPatches b/Documentation/SubmittingPatches
index 9b559ad..ae7525d 100644
--- a/Documentation/SubmittingPatches
+++ b/Documentation/SubmittingPatches
@@ -491,18 +491,27 @@ message, complete the addressing and subject fields, and press send.
Gmail
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+GMail does not appear to have any way to turn off line wrapping in the web
+interface, so this will mangle any emails that you send. You can however
+use any IMAP email client to connect to the google imap server, and forward
+the emails through that. Just make sure to disable line wrapping in that
+email client. Alternatively, use "git send-email" instead.
+
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"
+ folder = "[Google Mail]/Drafts"
host = imaps://imap.gmail.com
user = user@gmail.com
pass = p4ssw0rd
port = 993
sslverify = false
+You might need to instead use: folder = "[Google Mail]/Drafts" if you get an error
+that the "Folder doesn't exist".
+
Next, ensure that your Gmail settings are correct. In "Settings" the
"Use Unicode (UTF-8) encoding for outgoing messages" should be checked.
@@ -513,3 +522,4 @@ command to send the patch emails to your Gmail Drafts folder.
Go to your Gmail account, open the Drafts folder, find the patch email, fill
in the To: and CC: fields and send away!
+
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1.6.2.rc1.3.g7d31b.dirty
John Tapsell <johnflux@gmail.com>