git/Documentation/git-imap-send.txt
Robert Shearman c82b0748e5 Documentation: Improve documentation for git-imap-send(1)
Change the description to be similar to that used for git-send-email(1) to
give a better description of what the tool can be used for and sound more
user-friendly.

Document the configuration variables used by git-imap-send, split the
example into tunnel and direct examples. Rephrase other parts of the
git-imap-send documentation to use better grammar and to be clearer.

Signed-off-by: Robert Shearman <robertshearman@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2008-07-25 21:51:30 -07:00

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git-imap-send(1)
================
NAME
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git-imap-send - Send a collection of patches from stdin to an IMAP folder
SYNOPSIS
--------
'git imap-send'
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.
Typical usage is something like:
git format-patch --signoff --stdout --attach origin | git imap-send
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 to use imap-send.
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 to use imap-send.
imap.host::
A URL identifying the server. Use a `imap://` prefix for non-secure
connections and a `imaps://` prefix for secure connections.
Ignored when imap.tunnel is set, but required to use imap-send
otherwise.
imap.user::
The username to use when logging in to the server.
imap.password::
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.
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
..........................
BUGS
----
Doesn't handle lines starting with "From " in the message body.
Author
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Derived from isync 1.0.1 by Mike McCormack.
Documentation
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Documentation by Mike McCormack
GIT
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