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Many e-mail based development communities require non-flowed text to carry patches to prevent whitespaces from getting mangled, but there is no easy way to tell Thunderbird MUA not to use format=flowed, unless you configure it to do so unconditionally for all outgoing mails. A workaround for users who use git-imap-send is to wrap the patch in "pre" element in the draft folder as an HTML message, and tell Thunderbird to send "text only". Thunderbird turns such a message into a non-flowed plain text when sending it out, which is what we want for patch e-mails. Signed-off-by: Jeremy White <jwhite@codeweavers.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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git-imap-send(1)
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NAME
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git-imap-send - Send a collection of patches from stdin to an IMAP folder
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SYNOPSIS
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--------
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'git imap-send'
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DESCRIPTION
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This command uploads a mailbox generated with 'git-format-patch'
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into an IMAP drafts folder. This allows patches to be sent as
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other email is when using mail clients that cannot read mailbox
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files directly.
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Typical usage is something like:
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git format-patch --signoff --stdout --attach origin | git imap-send
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CONFIGURATION
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To use the tool, imap.folder and either imap.tunnel or imap.host must be set
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to appropriate values.
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Variables
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imap.folder::
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The folder to drop the mails into, which is typically the Drafts
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folder. For example: "INBOX.Drafts", "INBOX/Drafts" or
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"[Gmail]/Drafts". Required to use imap-send.
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imap.tunnel::
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Command used to setup a tunnel to the IMAP server through which
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commands will be piped instead of using a direct network connection
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to the server. Required when imap.host is not set to use imap-send.
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imap.host::
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A URL identifying the server. Use a `imap://` prefix for non-secure
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connections and a `imaps://` prefix for secure connections.
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Ignored when imap.tunnel is set, but required to use imap-send
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otherwise.
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imap.user::
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The username to use when logging in to the server.
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imap.password::
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The password to use when logging in to the server.
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imap.port::
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An integer port number to connect to on the server.
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Defaults to 143 for imap:// hosts and 993 for imaps:// hosts.
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Ignored when imap.tunnel is set.
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imap.sslverify::
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A boolean to enable/disable verification of the server certificate
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used by the SSL/TLS connection. Default is `true`. Ignored when
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imap.tunnel is set.
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imap.preformattedHTML::
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A boolean to enable/disable the use of html encoding when sending
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a patch. An html encoded patch will be bracketed with <pre>
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and have a content type of text/html. Ironically, enabling this
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option causes Thunderbird to send the patch as a plain/text,
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format=fixed email. Default is `false`.
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Examples
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Using tunnel mode:
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..........................
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[imap]
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folder = "INBOX.Drafts"
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tunnel = "ssh -q -C user@example.com /usr/bin/imapd ./Maildir 2> /dev/null"
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..........................
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Using direct mode:
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.........................
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[imap]
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folder = "INBOX.Drafts"
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host = imap://imap.example.com
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user = bob
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pass = p4ssw0rd
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..........................
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Using direct mode with SSL:
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.........................
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[imap]
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folder = "INBOX.Drafts"
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host = imaps://imap.example.com
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user = bob
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pass = p4ssw0rd
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port = 123
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sslverify = false
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..........................
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CAUTION
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It is still your responsibility to make sure that the email message
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sent by your email program meets the standards of your project.
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Many projects do not like patches to be attached. Some mail
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agents will transform patches (e.g. wrap lines, send them as
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format=flowed) in ways that make them fail. You will get angry
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flames ridiculing you if you don't check this.
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Thunderbird in particular is known to be problematic. Thunderbird
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users may wish to visit this web page for more information:
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http://kb.mozillazine.org/Plain_text_e-mail_-_Thunderbird#Completely_plain_email
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BUGS
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Doesn't handle lines starting with "From " in the message body.
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Author
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Derived from isync 1.0.1 by Mike McCormack.
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Documentation
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Documentation by Mike McCormack
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GIT
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Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite
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