From: "Harald Nordgren via GitGitGadget" <gitgitgadget@gmail.com>
To: git@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im>,
Harald Nordgren <haraldnordgren@gmail.com>,
Harald Nordgren <haraldnordgren@gmail.com>
Subject: [PATCH v3 2/4] imap-send: accept messages with Subject before Date
Date: Thu, 22 Oct 2026 06:56:23 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <38214d9abf62fa4f8d179ce15e633aa1157ae3e3.1792652185.git.gitgitgadget@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <pull.2456.v3.git.git.1792652185.gitgitgadget@gmail.com>
From: Harald Nordgren <haraldnordgren@gmail.com>
Patches sent with git send-email cannot be fed back into git imap-send
after fetching them from the mailing list archive, for example with
b4 mbox --single-message -o - <url> | git imap-send
which fails with "no messages found to send". imap-send only counts a
message when its From, Date and Subject headers come in that order,
and git send-email writes Subject before Date.
Accept the three headers in any order within the header block of each
message.
Signed-off-by: Harald Nordgren <haraldnordgren@gmail.com>
---
imap-send.c | 24 ++++++++++++++++--------
t/t9001-send-email.sh | 22 ++++++++++++++++++++++
2 files changed, 38 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
diff --git a/imap-send.c b/imap-send.c
index fa326c4ae2..ce2321d42e 100644
--- a/imap-send.c
+++ b/imap-send.c
@@ -1456,6 +1456,21 @@ static void wrap_in_html(struct strbuf *msg)
*msg = buf;
}
+static bool has_required_headers(const char *line)
+{
+ bool from = false, date = false, subject = false;
+
+ while ((line = strchr(line, '\n')) && *++line != '\n') {
+ if (starts_with(line, "From: "))
+ from = true;
+ else if (starts_with(line, "Date: "))
+ date = true;
+ else if (starts_with(line, "Subject: "))
+ subject = true;
+ }
+ return from && date && subject;
+}
+
static int count_messages(struct strbuf *all_msgs)
{
int count = 0;
@@ -1471,14 +1486,7 @@ static int count_messages(struct strbuf *all_msgs)
if (!p) break;
p += 5;
count++;
- } else {
- p = strstr(p+5, "\nFrom: ");
- if (!p) break;
- p = strstr(p+7, "\nDate: ");
- if (!p) break;
- p = strstr(p+7, "\nSubject: ");
- if (!p) break;
- p += 10;
+ } else if (has_required_headers(p)) {
count++;
}
}
diff --git a/t/t9001-send-email.sh b/t/t9001-send-email.sh
index d1393ef197..d105fcb41c 100755
--- a/t/t9001-send-email.sh
+++ b/t/t9001-send-email.sh
@@ -2863,4 +2863,26 @@ test_expect_success $PREREQ '--compose handles to headers' '
test_cmp expect msgtxt2.to
'
+test_expect_success $PREREQ 'imap-send accepts a sent patch from the list archive' '
+ write_script fake-imap-server <<-\EOF &&
+ printf "* PREAUTH [CAPABILITY IMAP4rev1 LITERAL+] ready\r\n"
+ printf "1 OK\r\n2 OK\r\n3 OK\r\n"
+ cat >/dev/null
+ EOF
+ test_config imap.tunnel ./fake-imap-server &&
+ clean_fake_sendmail &&
+ git send-email \
+ --from="Example <from@example.com>" \
+ --to=nobody@example.com \
+ --smtp-server="$(pwd)/fake.sendmail" \
+ HEAD^ &&
+ {
+ echo "From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970" &&
+ cat msgtxt1
+ } >archive.mbox &&
+ git imap-send --folder=INBOX <archive.mbox 2>err &&
+ test_grep "^Sending 1 message to INBOX folder" err &&
+ test_grep "(1/1) done" err
+'
+
test_done
--
gitgitgadget
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-10-22 6:56 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 19+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-10-19 19:19 [PATCH 0/2] Fix imap-send with reordered message headers Harald Nordgren via GitGitGadget
2026-10-19 19:19 ` [PATCH 1/2] imap-send: avoid leaking the tunnel command Harald Nordgren via GitGitGadget
2026-10-19 19:19 ` [PATCH 2/2] imap-send: accept messages with Subject before Date Harald Nordgren via GitGitGadget
2026-10-19 22:00 ` Junio C Hamano
2026-10-20 7:28 ` Harald Nordgren
2026-10-21 7:07 ` [PATCH v2 0/2] Fix imap-send with reordered message headers Harald Nordgren via GitGitGadget
2026-10-21 7:07 ` [PATCH v2 1/2] imap-send: avoid leaking the tunnel command Harald Nordgren via GitGitGadget
2026-10-21 8:24 ` Patrick Steinhardt
2026-10-21 8:53 ` Harald Nordgren
2026-10-21 7:07 ` [PATCH v2 2/2] imap-send: accept messages with Subject before Date Harald Nordgren via GitGitGadget
2026-10-21 8:25 ` Patrick Steinhardt
2026-10-21 8:45 ` Harald Nordgren
2026-10-21 9:36 ` Patrick Steinhardt
2026-10-21 9:59 ` Harald Nordgren
2026-10-22 6:56 ` [PATCH v3 0/4] Fix imap-send with reordered message headers Harald Nordgren via GitGitGadget
2026-10-22 6:56 ` [PATCH v3 1/4] imap-send: wait for the tunnel command to finish Harald Nordgren via GitGitGadget
2026-10-22 6:56 ` Harald Nordgren via GitGitGadget [this message]
2026-10-22 6:56 ` [PATCH v3 3/4] imap-send: check git send-email copies like other messages Harald Nordgren via GitGitGadget
2026-10-22 6:56 ` [PATCH v3 4/4] imap-send: match header names case insensitively Harald Nordgren via GitGitGadget
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