From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Tom Preston-Werner" Subject: [PATCH] add instructions on how to send patches to the mailing list with Gmail Date: Sat, 1 Nov 2008 00:28:18 -0700 Message-ID: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: "Junio C Hamano" To: git@vger.kernel.org X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Sat Nov 01 08:33:46 2008 connect(): Connection refused Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git-2@gmane.org Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.176.167]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1KwAzM-0004SQ-Tq for gcvg-git-2@gmane.org; Sat, 01 Nov 2008 08:33:41 +0100 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1750791AbYKAH2W (ORCPT ); Sat, 1 Nov 2008 03:28:22 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1750757AbYKAH2W (ORCPT ); Sat, 1 Nov 2008 03:28:22 -0400 Received: from nf-out-0910.google.com ([64.233.182.186]:37961 "EHLO nf-out-0910.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750747AbYKAH2V (ORCPT ); Sat, 1 Nov 2008 03:28:21 -0400 Received: by nf-out-0910.google.com with SMTP id d3so698127nfc.21 for ; Sat, 01 Nov 2008 00:28:19 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.210.56.7 with SMTP id e7mr5568676eba.198.1225524498865; Sat, 01 Nov 2008 00:28:18 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.210.117.11 with HTTP; Sat, 1 Nov 2008 00:28:18 -0700 (PDT) Content-Disposition: inline Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: 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 --- 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 + +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! -- 1.6.0.2