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authorRobert Shearman <robertshearman@gmail.com>2008-07-09 22:29:02 +0100
committerJunio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2008-07-25 21:51:30 -0700
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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>
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-imap-send.txt77
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diff --git a/Documentation/git-imap-send.txt b/Documentation/git-imap-send.txt
index 136c82bfd..bd49a0aee 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-imap-send.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-imap-send.txt
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ git-imap-send(1)
NAME
----
-git-imap-send - Dump a mailbox from stdin into an imap folder
+git-imap-send - Send a collection of patches from stdin to an IMAP folder
SYNOPSIS
@@ -13,9 +13,9 @@ SYNOPSIS
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 sent with mail clients that cannot read mailbox
+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:
@@ -26,21 +26,74 @@ git format-patch --signoff --stdout --attach origin | git imap-send
CONFIGURATION
-------------
-'git-imap-send' requires the following values in the repository
-configuration file (shown with examples):
+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"
+ folder = "INBOX.Drafts"
+ tunnel = "ssh -q -C user@example.com /usr/bin/imapd ./Maildir 2> /dev/null"
+..........................
+Using direct mode:
+
+.........................
[imap]
- Tunnel = "ssh -q user@server.com /usr/bin/imapd ./Maildir 2> /dev/null"
+ folder = "INBOX.Drafts"
+ host = imap://imap.example.com
+ user = bob
+ pass = p4ssw0rd
+..........................
+
+Using direct mode with SSL:
+.........................
[imap]
- Host = imap://imap.example.com
- User = bob
- Pass = pwd
- Port = 143
+ folder = "INBOX.Drafts"
+ host = imaps://imap.example.com
+ user = bob
+ pass = p4ssw0rd
+ port = 123
sslverify = false
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