Re: [PATCH] add instructions on how to send patches to the mailing list with Gmail

["Santi Béjar" <santi@agolina.net>]

On Sat, Nov 1, 2008 at 8:28 AM, Tom Preston-Werner <tom@github.com> wrote:
> Gmail is one of the most popular email providers in the world. Now that Gmail
> supports IMAP, sending properly formatted patches via `git imap-send` is
> trivial. This section in SubmittingPatches explains how to do so.
>
> Signed-off-by: Tom Preston-Werner <tom@github.com>
> ---
>  Documentation/SubmittingPatches |   27 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  1 files changed, 27 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/SubmittingPatches b/Documentation/SubmittingPatches
> index a1e9100..f0295c6 100644
> --- a/Documentation/SubmittingPatches
> +++ b/Documentation/SubmittingPatches
> @@ -456,3 +456,30 @@ This should help you to submit patches inline using KMail.
>
>  5) Back in the compose window: add whatever other text you wish to the
>  message, complete the addressing and subject fields, and press send.
> +
> +
> +Gmail
> +-----
> +
> +Submitting properly formatted patches via Gmail is simple now that
> +IMAP support is available. First, edit your ~/.gitconfig to specify your
> +account settings:
> +
> +[imap]
> +       folder = "[Gmail]/Drafts"
> +       host = imaps://imap.gmail.com
> +       user = user@gmail.com
> +       pass = p4ssw0rd
> +       port = 993
> +       sslverify = false

Warning: It is not secure.

> +
> +Next, ensure that your Gmail settings are correct. In "Settings" the
> +"Use Unicode (UTF-8) encoding for outgoing messages" should be checked.
> +
> +Once your commits are ready to send to the mailing list, run the following
> +command to send the patch emails to your Gmail Drafts folder.
> +
> +       $ git format-patch -M --stdout origin/master | git imap-send
> +
> +Go to your Gmail account, open the Drafts folder, find the patch email, fill
> +in the To: and CC: fields and send away!

Are you sure the mail does not get whitespace damaged?

Santi