From c82b0748e53d51cc999c16f97bc76c25f2b46b12 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Robert Shearman Date: Wed, 9 Jul 2008 22:29:02 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] 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 Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano --- Documentation/git-imap-send.txt | 77 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----- 1 file changed, 65 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-) 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 .......................... -- 2.26.2