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[PATCH v3 0/4] Fix imap-send with reordered message headers

From
Harald Nordgren via GitGitGadget <gitgitgadget@gmail.com>
Date
Oct 22, 2026, 06:56 UTC
Message-ID
<pull.2456.v3.git.git.1792652185.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 v3:
 * Split concerns into different commits, commit message explains what they
   do.
 * Handle tunnel leak in the proper place.
Changes in v2:
 * Case insensitive header match according to RFC 822/2822/5322.
Harald Nordgren (4):
  imap-send: wait for the tunnel command to finish
  imap-send: accept messages with Subject before Date
  imap-send: check git send-email copies like other messages
  imap-send: match header names case insensitively
 imap-send.c           | 57 ++++++++++++++++++++++---------------------
 t/t9001-send-email.sh | 35 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 64 insertions(+), 28 deletions(-)
base-commit: 47fdf2208c5b94c8cc01c106b8f7c85efb91c926
Published-As: https://github.com/gitgitgadget/git/releases/tag/pr-git-2456%2FHaraldNordgren%2Ffix%2Fimap-send-header-order-v3
Fetch-It-Via: git fetch https://github.com/gitgitgadget/git pr-git-2456/HaraldNordgren/fix/imap-send-header-order-v3
Pull-Request: https://github.com/git/git/pull/2456
Range-diff vs v2:
 1:  b170b1f6d3 ! 1:  0f446c3c12 imap-send: avoid leaking the tunnel command
     @@ Metadata
      Author: Harald Nordgren <haraldnordgren@gmail.com>
      
       ## Commit message ##
     -    imap-send: avoid leaking the tunnel command
     +    imap-send: wait for the tunnel command to finish
      
     -    When imap.tunnel is set, imap_open_store() starts the tunnel but never
     -    releases the child_process used for it, which leaks its argument list.
     -    No test sets imap.tunnel, so the leak checker has not caught this.
     +    When imap.tunnel is set, git imap-send starts the tunnel command but
     +    never waits for it to exit, and leaks the argument list it was started
     +    with. The isync code that imap-send was derived from forked the tunnel
     +    without ever reaping it, and c94d2dd080 (imap-send: use run-command
     +    API for tunneling, 2009-10-19) carried that over.
      
     -    Only the pipes to the tunnel are needed once it is running, so release
     -    the rest right after starting it.
     +    Wait for the tunnel when closing the connection. By then imap-send has
     +    closed its end of the pipes, so the tunnel sees the end of its input
     +    and exits. No test sets imap.tunnel, so the leak checker has not
     +    caught this.
      
          Signed-off-by: Harald Nordgren <haraldnordgren@gmail.com>
      
       ## imap-send.c ##
     +@@ imap-send.c: struct imap {
     + 	/* command queue */
     + 	int nexttag, num_in_progress, literal_pending;
     + 	struct imap_cmd *in_progress, **in_progress_append;
     ++	struct child_process tunnel;
     + 	struct imap_buffer buf; /* this is BIG, so put it last */
     + };
     + 
     +@@ imap-send.c: static void imap_close_server(struct imap_store *ictx)
     + 		imap_exec(ictx, NULL, "LOGOUT");
     + 		socket_shutdown(&imap->buf.sock);
     + 	}
     ++	if (ictx->cfg->tunnel)
     ++		finish_command(&imap->tunnel);
     + 	free(imap);
     + }
     + 
      @@ imap-send.c: static struct imap_store *imap_open_store(struct imap_server_conf *srvc, const c
     + 	/* open connection to IMAP server */
     + 
     + 	if (srvc->tunnel) {
     +-		struct child_process tunnel = CHILD_PROCESS_INIT;
     ++		struct child_process *tunnel = &imap->tunnel;
     + 
     + 		imap_info("Starting tunnel '%s'... ", srvc->tunnel);
     + 
     +-		strvec_push(&tunnel.args, srvc->tunnel);
     +-		tunnel.use_shell = 1;
     +-		tunnel.in = -1;
     +-		tunnel.out = -1;
     +-		if (start_command(&tunnel))
     ++		child_process_init(tunnel);
     ++		strvec_push(&tunnel->args, srvc->tunnel);
     ++		tunnel->use_shell = 1;
     ++		tunnel->in = -1;
     ++		tunnel->out = -1;
     ++		if (start_command(tunnel))
     + 			die("cannot start proxy %s", srvc->tunnel);
       
     - 		imap->buf.sock.fd[0] = tunnel.out;
     - 		imap->buf.sock.fd[1] = tunnel.in;
     -+		child_process_clear(&tunnel);
     +-		imap->buf.sock.fd[0] = tunnel.out;
     +-		imap->buf.sock.fd[1] = tunnel.in;
     ++		imap->buf.sock.fd[0] = tunnel->out;
     ++		imap->buf.sock.fd[1] = tunnel->in;
       
       		imap_info("OK\n");
       	} else {
 2:  c42827a122 ! 2:  38214d9abf 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, 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.
     +    message.
      
          Signed-off-by: Harald Nordgren <haraldnordgren@gmail.com>
      
     @@ 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 (istarts_with(line, "From: "))
     ++		if (starts_with(line, "From: "))
      +			from = true;
     -+		else if (istarts_with(line, "Date: "))
     ++		else if (starts_with(line, "Date: "))
      +			date = true;
     -+		else if (istarts_with(line, "Subject: "))
     ++		else if (starts_with(line, "Subject: "))
      +			subject = true;
      +	}
      +	return from && date && subject;
     @@ imap-send.c: static void wrap_in_html(struct strbuf *msg)
       static int count_messages(struct strbuf *all_msgs)
       {
       	int count = 0;
     - 	char *p = all_msgs->buf;
     - 
     - 	while (1) {
     --		if (starts_with(p, "From ")) {
     --			if (starts_with(p, "From git-send-email")) {
     --				p = strstr(p+5, "\nFrom: ");
     --				if (!p) break;
     --				p += 7;
     --				p = strstr(p, "\nTo: ");
     --				if (!p) break;
     --				p += 5;
     --				count++;
     +@@ imap-send.c: static int count_messages(struct strbuf *all_msgs)
     + 				if (!p) break;
     + 				p += 5;
     + 				count++;
      -			} else {
      -				p = strstr(p+5, "\nFrom: ");
      -				if (!p) break;
     @@ imap-send.c: static void wrap_in_html(struct strbuf *msg)
      -				p = strstr(p+7, "\nSubject: ");
      -				if (!p) break;
      -				p += 10;
     --				count++;
     --			}
     --		}
     -+		if (starts_with(p, "From ") && has_required_headers(p))
     -+			count++;
     - 		p = strstr(p+5, "\nFrom ");
     - 		if (!p)
     - 			break;
     ++			} else if (has_required_headers(p)) {
     + 				count++;
     + 			}
     + 		}
      
       ## t/t9001-send-email.sh ##
      @@ t/t9001-send-email.sh: test_expect_success $PREREQ '--compose handles to headers' '
     @@ t/t9001-send-email.sh: test_expect_success $PREREQ '--compose handles to headers
      +	test_grep "^Sending 1 message to INBOX folder" err &&
      +	test_grep "(1/1) done" err
      +'
     -+
     -+test_expect_success $PREREQ '--imap-sent-folder stores a copy of the sent patch' '
     -+	test_config imap.tunnel ./fake-imap-server &&
     -+	clean_fake_sendmail &&
     -+	git send-email \
     -+		--from="Example <from@example.com>" \
     -+		--to=nobody@example.com \
     -+		--smtp-server="$(pwd)/fake.sendmail" \
     -+		--imap-sent-folder=Sent \
     -+		HEAD^ 2>err &&
     -+	test_grep "^Sending 1 message to Sent folder" err &&
     -+	test_grep "(1/1) done" err
     -+'
      +
       test_done
 -:  ---------- > 3:  213c4950e0 imap-send: check git send-email copies like other messages
 -:  ---------- > 4:  01add80af2 imap-send: match header names case insensitively
-- 
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  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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