[PATCH] add instructions on how to send patches to the mailing list with Gmail
- From
Tom Preston-Werner <tom@github.com>
- Date
- Nov 1, 2008, 07:28 UTC
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- <b97024a40811010028l36606128v61172807f4cf503a@mail.gmail.com>
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@github.com> --- 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@gmail.com + pass = p4ssw0rd + port = 993 + sslverify = false + +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!
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