Easy patch submission with GIT + imap folders

[Mike McCormack]

Hi,

As of the recently released GIT 1.3.0, sending patches via an IMAP 
folder with GIT just got easier.

If everything is set up right, you should be able to run the following 
command:

git-format-patch --attach --stdout --keep origin | git-imap-send

This requires some configuration in ~/.git/config:

[core]
         name = "Mike McCormack"
         email = "[e-mail]"

[imap]
         Folder = "INBOX.Drafts"
         Tunnel = "ssh -q usr@svr /usr/bin/imapd ./Maildir 2> /dev/null"

[format]
         headers = "To: wine-patches \n"

Using Mozilla, you can just click on the "Edit Draft:" in the message, 
check/edit the message and then click send.

Alexandre has said that he doesn't mind if the subject line contains the 
ChangeLog entry.

No more missing patches, missing ChangeLog entries, or patches generated 
from the wrong directory.

I think James Hawkins has written a program similar to git-imap-send 
that works with GMail...

Mike

[Michael Stefaniuc]

Mike McCormack wrote:
> As of the recently released GIT 1.3.0, sending patches via an IMAP 
> folder with GIT just got easier.
>
> If everything is set up right, you should be able to run the following 
> command:
>
> git-format-patch --attach --stdout --keep origin | git-imap-send
>
> This requires some configuration in ~/.git/config:
>
> [core]
>         name = "Mike McCormack"
>         email = "[e-mail]"
>
> [imap]
>         Folder = "INBOX.Drafts"
>         Tunnel = "ssh -q usr@svr /usr/bin/imapd ./Maildir 2> /dev/null"

What to put in here if one uses imaps? That should be the "normal" way 
of using imap this days.

bye
    michael

[Mike McCormack]

Michael Stefaniuc wrote:
> >     Tunnel = "ssh -q usr@svr /usr/bin/imapd ./Maildir 2> /dev/null"
>
> What to put in here if one uses imaps? That should be the "normal" way 
> of using imap this days.

Unfortunately it doesn't support imaps as yet.  There was code to 
support imaps in the isync code that git-imap-send was derived from, 
however it was removed because libssl is non-GPL.

ssh should do just as good a job as ssl, if not better.

Mike

[Alexandre Julliard]

Mike McCormack  writes:
> Using Mozilla, you can just click on the "Edit Draft:" in the message,
> check/edit the message and then click send.
>
> Alexandre has said that he doesn't mind if the subject line contains
> the ChangeLog entry.

Not only I don't mind, but I'd strongly encourage everybody to use
Mike's method for sending patches, it makes things a lot easier for
me.