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| author | John Tapsell <johnflux@gmail.com> | 2009-02-19 07:36:11 +0000 |
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| committer | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2009-03-04 00:56:52 -0800 |
| commit | 50dffd4ed577ea50b540bad53950ef2b703b5be8 (patch) | |
| tree | 690ee149a0e59d7363ea32771e0267ee972dd459 /Documentation/SubmittingPatches | |
| parent | 28001d0873cfce1ad6a44f1c2deaf9388d953cc3 (diff) | |
| download | git-50dffd4ed577ea50b540bad53950ef2b703b5be8.tar.gz | |
Google has renamed the imap folder
Also add a comment that the web interface wraps the lines
Signed-off-by: John Tapsell <johnflux@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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diff --git a/Documentation/SubmittingPatches b/Documentation/SubmittingPatches index 9b559adefc..8d818a2160 100644 --- a/Documentation/SubmittingPatches +++ b/Documentation/SubmittingPatches @@ -491,6 +491,12 @@ message, complete the addressing and subject fields, and press send. Gmail ----- +GMail does not appear to have any way to turn off line wrapping in the web +interface, so this will mangle any emails that you send. You can however +use any IMAP email client to connect to the google imap server, and forward +the emails through that. Just make sure to disable line wrapping in that +email client. Alternatively, use "git send-email" instead. + Submitting properly formatted patches via Gmail is simple now that IMAP support is available. First, edit your ~/.gitconfig to specify your account settings: @@ -503,6 +509,9 @@ account settings: port = 993 sslverify = false +You might need to instead use: folder = "[Google Mail]/Drafts" if you get an error +that the "Folder doesn't exist". + Next, ensure that your Gmail settings are correct. In "Settings" the "Use Unicode (UTF-8) encoding for outgoing messages" should be checked. @@ -513,3 +522,4 @@ command to send the patch emails to your Gmail Drafts folder. Go to your Gmail account, open the Drafts folder, find the patch email, fill in the To: and CC: fields and send away! + |