git-imap-send

GIT-IMAP-SEND(1)                  Git Manual                  GIT-IMAP-SEND(1)

NAME
       git-imap-send - Send a collection of patches from stdin to an IMAP
       folder

SYNOPSIS
       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-send

OPTIONS
       -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's 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.

   Variables
       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're 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 user@example.com /usr/bin/imapd ./Maildir 2> /dev/null"

       Using direct mode:

           [imap]
               folder = "INBOX.Drafts"
               host = imap://imap.example.com
               user = bob
               pass = p4ssw0rd

       Using direct mode with SSL:

           [imap]
               folder = "INBOX.Drafts"
               host = imaps://imap.example.com
               user = bob
               pass = p4ssw0rd
               port = 123
               sslverify = false

EXAMPLES
       To submit patches using GMail's IMAP interface, first, edit your
       ~/.gitconfig to specify your account settings:

           [imap]
                   folder = "[Gmail]/Drafts"
                   host = imaps://imap.gmail.com
                   user = user@gmail.com
                   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".

       Once the commits are ready to be sent, run the following command:

           $ git format-patch --cover-letter -M --stdout origin/master | git imap-send

       Just make sure to disable line wrapping in the email client (GMail's
       web interface will wrap lines no matter what, so you need to use a real
       IMAP client).

CAUTION
       It is still your responsibility to make sure that the email message
       sent by your email program meets the standards of your project. Many
       projects do not like patches to be attached. Some mail agents will
       transform patches (e.g. wrap lines, send them as format=flowed) in ways
       that make them fail. You will get angry flames ridiculing you if you
       don't check this.

       Thunderbird in particular is known to be problematic. Thunderbird users
       may wish to visit this web page for more information:
       http://kb.mozillazine.org/Plain_text_e-mail_-_Thunderbird#Completely_plain_email

SEE ALSO
       git-format-patch(1), git-send-email(1), mbox(5)

GIT
       Part of the git(1) suite

Git 2.25.1                        04/26/2023                  GIT-IMAP-SEND(1)