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[PATCH v2 0/2] Fix imap-send with reordered message headers

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Harald Nordgren via GitGitGadget <gitgitgadget@gmail.com>
Date
Oct 21, 2026, 07:07 UTC
Message-ID
<pull.2456.v2.git.git.1792566469.gitgitgadget@gmail.com>
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git imap-send rejected patches sent with git send-email, such as ones fetched from lore with b4, because it expected Date before Subject.

Changes in v2:
 * Case insensitive header match according to RFC 822/2822/5322.
Harald Nordgren (2):
  imap-send: avoid leaking the tunnel command
  imap-send: accept messages with Subject before Date
 imap-send.c           | 38 ++++++++++++++++++--------------------
 t/t9001-send-email.sh | 35 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 53 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)
base-commit: 47fdf2208c5b94c8cc01c106b8f7c85efb91c926
Published-As: https://github.com/gitgitgadget/git/releases/tag/pr-git-2456%2FHaraldNordgren%2Ffix%2Fimap-send-header-order-v2
Fetch-It-Via: git fetch https://github.com/gitgitgadget/git pr-git-2456/HaraldNordgren/fix/imap-send-header-order-v2
Pull-Request: https://github.com/git/git/pull/2456
Range-diff vs v1:
 1:  0784c16134 = 1:  b170b1f6d3 imap-send: avoid leaking the tunnel command
 2:  94129fb718 ! 2:  c42827a122 imap-send: accept messages with Subject before Date
     @@ Commit message
          and git send-email writes Subject before Date.
      
          Accept the three headers in any order within the header block of each
     -    message. The copy that git send-email --imap-sent-folder pipes to
     +    message, and match their names case insensitively as RFC 5322
     +    specifies. The copy that git send-email --imap-sent-folder pipes to
          imap-send then passes the same check, so the special case added for it
          in 04133f5bc4 (send-email: add ability to send a copy of sent emails to
          an IMAP folder, 2025-08-12) is no longer needed.
     @@ imap-send.c: static void wrap_in_html(struct strbuf *msg)
      +	bool from = false, date = false, subject = false;
      +
      +	while ((line = strchr(line, '\n')) && *++line != '\n') {
     -+		if (starts_with(line, "From: "))
     ++		if (istarts_with(line, "From: "))
      +			from = true;
     -+		else if (starts_with(line, "Date: "))
     ++		else if (istarts_with(line, "Date: "))
      +			date = true;
     -+		else if (starts_with(line, "Subject: "))
     ++		else if (istarts_with(line, "Subject: "))
      +			subject = true;
      +	}
      +	return from && date && subject;
-- 
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Message 6 of 32 in “Fix imap-send with reordered message headers”
  1. 0/2 Fix imap-send with reordered message headersHarald Nordgren via GitGitGadget, Oct 19, 2026
  2. 1/2 imap-send: avoid leaking the tunnel commandHarald Nordgren via GitGitGadget, Oct 19, 2026
  3. 2/2 imap-send: accept messages with Subject before DateHarald Nordgren via GitGitGadget, Oct 19, 2026
  4. Junio C HamanoOct 19, 2026
  5. Harald NordgrenOct 20, 2026
  6. 0/2 Fix imap-send with reordered message headersHarald Nordgren via GitGitGadget, Oct 21, 2026
  7. 1/2 imap-send: avoid leaking the tunnel commandHarald Nordgren via GitGitGadget, Oct 21, 2026
  8. Patrick SteinhardtOct 21, 2026
  9. Harald NordgrenOct 21, 2026
  10. 2/2 imap-send: accept messages with Subject before DateHarald Nordgren via GitGitGadget, Oct 21, 2026
  11. Patrick SteinhardtOct 21, 2026
  12. Harald NordgrenOct 21, 2026
  13. Patrick SteinhardtOct 21, 2026
  14. Harald NordgrenOct 21, 2026
  15. 0/4 Fix imap-send with reordered message headersHarald Nordgren via GitGitGadget, Oct 22, 2026
  16. 1/4 imap-send: wait for the tunnel command to finishHarald Nordgren via GitGitGadget, Oct 22, 2026
  17. Patrick SteinhardtOct 26, 2026
  18. Harald NordgrenOct 26, 2026
  19. 2/4 imap-send: accept messages with Subject before DateHarald Nordgren via GitGitGadget, Oct 22, 2026
  20. 3/4 imap-send: check git send-email copies like other messagesHarald Nordgren via GitGitGadget, Oct 22, 2026
  21. Patrick SteinhardtOct 26, 2026
  22. Harald NordgrenOct 26, 2026
  23. 4/4 imap-send: match header names case insensitivelyHarald Nordgren via GitGitGadget, Oct 22, 2026
  24. Patrick SteinhardtOct 26, 2026
  25. 0/4 Fix imap-send with reordered message headersHarald Nordgren via GitGitGadget, Oct 27, 2026
  26. 1/4 imap-send: wait for the tunnel command to finishHarald Nordgren via GitGitGadget, Oct 27, 2026
  27. 2/4 imap-send: accept messages with Subject before DateHarald Nordgren via GitGitGadget, Oct 27, 2026
  28. 3/4 imap-send: check git send-email copies like other messagesHarald Nordgren via GitGitGadget, Oct 27, 2026
  29. Patrick SteinhardtOct 27, 2026
  30. 4/4 imap-send: match header names case insensitivelyHarald Nordgren via GitGitGadget, Oct 27, 2026
  31. Patrick SteinhardtOct 27, 2026
  32. Junio C HamanoOct 29, 2026

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